Art, literature & history
The Cliff: Bay of Saint-Malo
1886–1890
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Medium
- etching, drypoint, aquatint, and roulette
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 39.4 x 55.4 cm (15 1/2 x 21 13/16 in.); Platemark: 29.9 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1946.304
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Félix-Hilaire Buhot. The Cliff: Bay of Saint-Malo. Félix-Hilaire Buhot; The Cleveland Museum of Art; In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ralph T. Woods, Charles G. King; and Frances King Schafer. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Cliff: Bay of Saint-Malo — Félix-Hilaire Buhot. 1886–1890.
Medium: etching, drypoint, aquatint, and roulette. Dimensions: Sheet: 39.4 x 55.4 cm (15 1/2 x 21 13/16 in.); Platemark: 29.9 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.).
Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
This atmospheric view of the cliffs and bay of Saint-Malo describes the drama and grandeur of the Emerald Coast, the gateway to Brittany. Buhot, a prolific etcher, produced this image by printing from two copper plates, one for the evocative landscape and a second for the margin of remarques, or supplementary designs that the artist described as "symphonic" additions to the main image. Here, the remarques represent Breton villagers in traditional costume, a storm-tossed ship, the black rocks characteristic of the region, and various flora and fauna.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.