A cette lueur soudaine... (In the sudden gleam of light...)

1878

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

This is a drawing of a scene near a medieval castle gate. The image shows a tumultuous scene with animals such as cows and pigs running through a street, amidst a crowd of people who appear to be in disarray. The central focus is a fortified gate and towers of what appears to be a castle or town, under a swirling sky with smoke. The border of the drawing is adorned with intricate figures and patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and softground etching (for the grainy texture in the sky) 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: 22.1 x 14.8 cm (8 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9573

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 93, 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. sct; lower left in plate: A cette Lueur Soudaine un frisson de Terreur.....p 168; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: (EE2894)

Wikidata ID

Q65019891

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