La Chapelle Saint-Michel à l'Estre

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image shows an elevated view of a landscape with detailed line work in warm sepia tones. The horizon is located near the top, with a cluster of structures visible in the distance. Close to us, there is textured shrubbery, and the ground is marked with dots and lines. Rolling hills and flat areas lead towards the horizon, where the sky is depicted with horizontal lines and hatchings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Daniel Bell and Pearl K. Bell

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14 x 27.2 cm (5 1/2 x 10 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.5 x 46.2 cm (12 3/8 x 18 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.68.30

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 152, State iv/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor Daniel Bell and Pearl Bell, Cambridge, MA; gift to NGA, 2006.

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 Gordon, 1979, no. 152, iv/v.

Inscriptions

Lower right corner, in artist's hand, in graphite: To Peter Moran / Esqr / from the Etcher - / Felix Buhot. 71 Boulevard de Clichy. Paris

Markings

CM: Felix Buhot (L. 978)

Wikidata ID

Q76339609

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