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This is a drawing of a scene near a medieval castle gate. The image shows a tumultuous scene with animals such as cows and pigs running through a street, amidst a crowd of people who appear to be in disarray. The central focus is a fortified gate and towers of what appears to be a castle or town, under a swirling sky with smoke. The border of the drawing is adorned with intricate figures and patterns.
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This is a drawing of a scene near a medieval castle gate. The image shows a tumultuous scene with animals such as cows and pigs running through a street, amidst a crowd of people who appear to be in disarray. The central focus is a fortified gate and towers of what appears to be a castle or town, under a swirling sky with smoke. The border of the drawing is adorned with intricate figures and patterns.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A cette lueur soudaine... (In the sudden gleam of light...)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Date
1878
Medium
etching, drypoint, and softground etching (for the grainy texture in the sky) in black on Japanese paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.6 x 11.5 cm (6 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 22.1 x 14.8 cm (8 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.9573
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Barbey d'Aurevilly's "Le Chevalier Destouches" [Bourcard 91-95]

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • etching
  • drypoint
  • softground
  • France
  • landscape
  • Castle
  • literary and theatrical themes
  • secular
  • Fire
  • Barbey d'Aurevilly, Jules-Amédée
  • Le Chevalier Destouches
Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1943.

Inscription

lower center below central image in plate: Felix Buhot inv. sct; lower left in plate: A cette Lueur Soudaine un frisson de Terreur.....p 168; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: (EE2894)

NGA object ID 12091. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.