Winter Morning on the Quai de l'Hôtel Dieu
Medium
Etching, drypoint, and aquatint; third state of four
Dimensions
Plate: 9 7/16 x 12 11/16 in. (24 x 32.2 cm) Sheet: 11 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (30.2 x 40.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1966
Accession Number
67.630.132
About the Artist
Félix-Hilaire Buhot · 1847–1898
Félix-Hilaire Buhot was born on July 9, 1847, in Valognes, a small town in Normandy, France, into a modest family—his father a wine merchant and his mother a seller of women's clothes. Orphaned by age seven after losing both parents and his maternal grandmother, he was raised by relatives, including a godfather, and received an early introduction to drawing from his adopted mother's nephew. In 186...