Hubert François Gravelot French, 1699-1773

Study for the Vignette-Frontispiece of Lucretius's "De la Nature des Choses", Book III

INV-1135

Hubert François Gravelot French, 1699-1773c. 1768

Study for the Vignette-Frontispiece of Lucretius's "De la Nature des Choses", Book III

pen and ink drawingsdrawings (visual works)

Date

c. 1768

Medium

Pen and black ink, over black chalk and traces of graphite, on gray laid paper, incised for transfer and perimeter mounted on cream laid paper

Dimensions

14.3 × 8.7 cm (5 11/16 × 3 7/16 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Silver

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