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Design for a Gold Watchcase Showing Front and Elevation
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Design for a Gold Watchcase Showing Front and Elevation

Medium

Pen and gray ink over graphite underdrawing. Incised. Rubbed and smudged with brown ink.

Dimensions

3 7/8 x 2 1/8 in. (9.8 x 5.4 cm) frame: 21 x 16 in. (53.3 x 40.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of A.S.W. Rosenbach, 1944

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Hubert François Gravelot

1699–1773France

Born 26 March 1699; died 19 April 1773. In 1733, Gravelot opened a drawing school in London, England. He returned to France in 1745. Comment on works: Genre; Portraits; Book Illustrator