I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)

1879/1880

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image is an etching of a grand room with people engaging in social activities. A man in a formal suit stands in the foreground, holding an object, with a stern expression. Women in elaborate gowns are shown in conversation behind him. The room features ornate architecture, including high ceilings and decorations. The background shows guests under subdued lighting. The margins of the etching include sketches of fantastical figures and natural elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and aquatint (spirit ground) in black on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.4 x 11.5 cm (6 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 23.5 x 16.5 cm (9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.54.43

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 100, State iii/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

lower right in graphite: Felix Buhot; lower center in margin in plate: Felix Buhot inv sc; lower left in plate: I PROMESSI SPOSI (tome I); lower center below plate mark stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977); by later hand, lower left in graphite: P. 1 (crossed out) 2; by later hand, lower right in graphite: B/G 100 iii/v; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 58; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: APG 6931/10

Wikidata ID

Q75393966

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