Study for the Vignette-Frontispiece of Lucretius's "De la Nature des Choses", Book I
Hubert François Gravelot
c. 1768
Medium
Pen and black ink, with traces of black chalk, on gray laid paper, incised for transfer and perimeter mounted on cream laid paper
Dimensions
13.7 × 8.7 cm (5 7/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
113596
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...