La Ronde de nuit (Night Patrol)

1878

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint, drypoint, and roulette (?) in black on beige wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.1 x 14.2 cm (5 3/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 19.2 x 20.3 cm (7 9/16 x 8 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.54.36

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 70, State ii/iii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James Goodfriend, New York; Helena Gunnarsson, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1899

  • Bourcard, Gustave. Felix Buhot: catalogue descriptif de son oeuvre grave. Paris: H. Floury, 1899. Reprint. With additions and revisions by James Goodfriend. New York: Martin Goodfriend, 1979.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate (barely visible): Felix Buhot / 1878; upper right in plate (barely visible): FB (in monogram); lower center below plate mark stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977); by later hand, lower right in graphite: 1830; by later hands, on verso in graphite: a52981 / NDE DE NUIT / [F?]0

Wikidata ID

Q75393907


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