Le Secret du Mâitre Cornille (The Secret of Master Cornille)

c. 1885

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

This drawing features windmills, donkeys, a seated figure, and various other elements. The central image shows a windmill with large sails. A donkey is grazing in the foreground, and a seated figure is on the right side. The background includes sketches of horses, riders, and more windmills. The edges of the image are bordered with various illustrations, depicting rural life. The title is "Le Secret de Maitre Cornille."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, aquatint (dust ground and spirit ground), roulette, and spit bite in black on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.4 x 11.3 cm (6 7/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.4 x 20.9 cm (11 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.54.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 111, 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 left central image in plate: F. Buhot; lower left in margin in plate: Le Secret de Maitre Cornille LDMM; by later hand, lower left in graphite: APG 10798/5

Wikidata ID

Q75394183

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