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The image shows a street scene with precise, detailed linework. It is drawn at street level, looking down a long, narrow street towards a building with a tall spire in the distance. The left side has buildings and people walking with umbrellas, while the right side has more buildings with shadows. In the distance is the silhouette of a church or cathedral on the horizon. The color palette is monochromatic, with sepia or brown tones. The sky has dramatic clouds with swirling lines.
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The image shows a street scene with precise, detailed linework. It is drawn at street level, looking down a long, narrow street towards a building with a tall spire in the distance. The left side has buildings and people walking with umbrellas, while the right side has more buildings with shadows. In the distance is the silhouette of a church or cathedral on the horizon. The color palette is monochromatic, with sepia or brown tones. The sky has dramatic clouds with swirling lines.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Après la pluie (After the Rain)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Date
1873 or 1874 (reworked 1877)
Medium
etching, drypoint, and aquatint in black-brown on cream laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 11.7 x 15.9 cm (4 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.) sheet: 15.7 x 23.1 cm (6 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1995.54.29
Credit line
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • etching
  • France
  • architecture
  • aquatint
  • landscape
  • Cityscape
  • Weather
  • Valognes
Provenance

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

Inscription

lower left in plate: fB / 1872 / Après la pluie; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: APG 9271; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: ox[?]

Marks

Felix Buhot's studio stamp (Lugt 978)

NGA object ID 93106. 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.