Armorial Cartouche with Crown and Swags
1651 to 1700
Medium
pen and black ink with graphite, incised for transfer on laid paper; laid down
Dimensions
sheet: 6 x 5.5 cm (2 3/8 x 2 3/16 in.) support: 28.1 x 19.8 cm (11 1/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Arthur L. Liebman
Accession Number
1992.87.13
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...