Liseuse à la Lampe (Woman Reading by Lamplight)

1879

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image shows a woman seated in a chair, reading a book by the light of an oil lamp. She is leaning slightly forward, with most of her body visible. She is wearing a long-sleeved dress and her hair is styled up or back. The woman's facial features are softly illuminated by the lamp placed on a nearby table. The chair, table, and lamp have classic designs. The scene is set in a cozy interior with warm lighting, and shadowy outlines of furniture and architectural elements can be seen in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with scraping and burnishing in black on thin tissue paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.1 x 13 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 24 x 18 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1251

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 137, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Félix Buhot, Peintre-Graveur: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings, The Baltimore Museum of Art, traveling exhibition to three venues, 1983-1984, no. 63.

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 left below plate mark in graphite: Croquis sur Line, d'après nature. / fait à Barham Court (Kent); lower right below plate mark in graphite: Felix Buhot; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Liseuse à la lampe; by later hand, lower right in graphite: EE709

Wikidata ID

Q64955935

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