Ornamental Medallions with the Adoration of the Magi and Two Bibliophiles
1726 to 1750
Medium
pen and brown-black ink with graphite on tracing paper; laid down
Dimensions
sheet: 4.3 x 8.6 cm (1 11/16 x 3 3/8 in.) support: 28.1 x 20 cm (11 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Arthur L. Liebman
Accession Number
1992.87.14
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...