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Design for the Headpiece of the "Gazette de France"
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Design for the Headpiece of the "Gazette de France"

Medium

Red and black chalk

Dimensions

7 7/8 x 5 in. (20 x 12.7 cm.)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1966

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