An Ornament with Symbols
1651 to 1700
Medium
graphite, incised for transfer on laid paper; laid down
Dimensions
sheet: 3.9 x 7.9 cm (1 9/16 x 3 1/8 in.) support: 19.8 x 28.3 cm (7 13/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Arthur L. Liebman
Accession Number
1992.87.16
About the Artist
Hubert François Gravelot
Hubert-François Bourguignon, known as Gravelot (1699–1773), was a leading French Rococo engraver, illustrator, and designer whose elegant draftsmanship bridged the artistic worlds of France and England. Born in Paris to a tailor, he adopted his pseudonym from a godfather and grew up alongside his elder brother, the geographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. After neglecting studies at the Col...