Nine Children Listening to a Girl Tell a Story; A Boy Handing a Purse to a Girl Seated on a Bed
Hubert François Gravelot
c. 1757
Medium
pen and gray ink with brown wash on laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
overall (to outer framing line): 14.3 x 8.1 cm (5 5/8 x 3 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Widener Collection
Accession Number
1942.9.782
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...