Philippe Burty
Japanese Netsuke
1872
Scroll
Philippe Burty
Japanese Netsuke
1872
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 268 × 207 mm. (10 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Plate: 178 × 130 mm. (7 × 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.412
According to Gabriel Weisberg, this print was one of several small etchings of netsuke by Burty in his own collection and "may have led him to invite Buhot, a superior, professional etcher, to do the series after his collection. See Weisberg, "Buhot's Japonisme Portfolio Revisted," in Cantor Arts Center Journal, Vol. 6 (2008-2009), p. 43.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Henri Beraldi, Les graveurs du xix siècle (Paris: L. Conquet, 1885), vol. 4, p. 39, #2.9.
Inscribed: None
Markings: None
