Je fis ce qu'on appelle un bon marché (I made what I would call a good bargain)

1878

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

This is a drawing of a medieval market scene. There is a crowded marketplace with animals such as pigs walking around and a rider on a horse moving through the crowd. In the background, there is a large cathedral under a cloudy sky. Various items and vendors are visible, with goods on display. The border is decorated with sketches of figures, a horseman, and other motifs. The composition conveys the liveliness of historic European city markets.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and softground etching (for the grainy texture in the lower left margin) in black on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.6 x 11.5 cm (6 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 22.5 x 14.5 cm (8 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9572

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 94, State iv/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1943.

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 center below central image in plate: Felix Buhot inv[t?] sct; lower left in plate: Je fis ce quon appelle un bon marché

Wikidata ID

Q65019889

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