Study for a second edition, never published, of Colle's "La Partie de Chasse de Henri IV", Act I, Scene 6
before 1766
Medium
Pen and black ink, with black chalk and brown crayon, over graphite, on pale gray laid paper, incised for transfer and perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
18.2 × 12.8 cm (7 3/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
Classification
graphite
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
113537
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...