Orage à la Fin du jour

1868

Paul Huet

Associated Names
Paul Huet

Artist, French, 1803 - 1869

The image depicts a landscape viewed from slightly above. The horizon is low in the composition, revealing a distant waterscape. On the left, there is a calm body of water with clusters of vegetation. On the right, there is a heavily textured area of foliage and tall trees. In the distance on the right, a small stone bridge arches over a waterway, next to which a lone rider on horseback is traveling along a narrow path. The color palette consists of primarily rich, earthy browns and blacks with lighter highlights.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with drypoint on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    Thomas F. Hancock Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20 x 27.6 cm (7 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 44.9 x 63.4 cm (17 11/16 x 24 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.137.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 35, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

M. R. P. Huet, Paris. (C. G. Boerner Ltd., London); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: Paul Huet

Wikidata ID

Q76355040

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