Design for the Headpiece of the "Gazette de France"
Hubert François Gravelot
18th century
Medium
Black chalk with traces of white chalk, incised
Dimensions
7 5/16 x 4 11/16 in. (18.6 x 11.9 cm.)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Rogers Fund, 1966
Accession Number
66.759.1
Tags
Coat of Arms
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...