Study for an illustration in Tacitus "Tibère, ou Les Six Premiers Livres des Annales" Book II, Vol. 1
Hubert François Gravelot
c. 1768
Medium
Pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on gray laid paper, incised for transfer, perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
12 × 7.4 cm (4 3/4 × 2 15/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
113649
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...