Jacques Cazotte's "Le Diable amoureux" (2nd vignette)

1878

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

This is a drawing of a mythical seascape. The image shows a mermaid with an upraised arm, sitting on a sea creature. Surrounding her are turbulent waves. Above the mermaid, an angel-like figure with wings floats, holding a scroll or fabric. In the background, there is a castle-like structure on a rocky coast, under a spiked crown sky. A ship sails towards the sunset on the horizon. Decorative skulls and shells are present along the border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black on moderately thick Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 5.1 x 7 cm (2 x 2 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 16.5 x 16.8 cm (6 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.54.40

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 97, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Buhot heirs (stamp, F.B, Lugt undescribed); James Goodfriend, New York; Helena Gunnarsson, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 1995.

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

center left in plate: ni soit / AQ ED; lower left in plate: Fx Buhot / del sc. / 1878; lower center below plate mark stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977); by later hand, lower right in graphite: 2 (circled); by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: Coll: (not deciphered); by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 12; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: [A]B; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Cat. 97; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: APG 9561/3

Wikidata ID

Q75393953

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