I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)
1879/1880
Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, drypoint, and aquatint (spirit ground) in black on Japanese paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 17.4 x 11.5 cm (6 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
sheet: 23.5 x 16.5 cm (9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1995.54.43
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 100, State iii/v
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 right in graphite: Felix Buhot; lower center in margin in plate: Felix Buhot inv sc; lower left in plate: I PROMESSI SPOSI (tome I); lower center below plate mark stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977); by later hand, lower left in graphite: P. 1 (crossed out) 2; by later hand, lower right in graphite: B/G 100 iii/v; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 58; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: APG 6931/10
Wikidata ID
Q75393966