Study for a second edition, never published, of Colle's "La Partie de Chasse de Henri IV", Act II, Scene 11
before 1766
Medium
Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on oval-shaped gray laid paper, incised for transfer and perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
17.6 × 14.8 cm (6 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
113547
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Hubert François Gravelot · 1699–1773
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...