I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed), 1879/1880

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series Title

Barbey d'Aurevilly's "Une Vielle Maîtresse" [Bourcard 99-108]

Medium

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

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.)

Credit Line

Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

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

Accession Number

1995.54.43

Artists / Makers

Félix-Hilaire Buhot (artist) French, 1847 - 1898

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

James Goodfriend, New York; Helena Gunnarsson, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Goodfriend, C. & J.
Gunnarsson, Helena

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.