Ryno et Hermangarde

1879/1880

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

This is a drawing featuring a person riding a horse in a dynamic landscape. The central illustration shows a person riding a galloping horse across a rugged terrain or shoreline with expressive, swirling strokes. The background is richly textured, with abstract patterns and illustrations, including sketches of figures and a ship mast with birds. The composition conveys a feeling of urgency and dynamism, with swirling lines and contrasting dark and light patches suggesting movement and chaos.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, softground etching, salt lift, aquatint (spirit ground) and roulette in black on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.5 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

    1995.54.49

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 106, State iv/vi

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 center in margin in plate: Felix Buhot inv sc; lower left in plate: RYNO ET HERMANGARDE p.158 Tome II); lower center below plate mark stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977); by later hand, lower left in graphite: P. IX; by later hand, lower right in graphite: B/G 106 iv/vi; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 82; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: APG 6931/10

Wikidata ID

Q75394015

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