Tenth Day, Ninth Story: Saladin Bestows Rich Gifts on the Sleeping Torello
Hubert François Gravelot
c. 1757
Medium
pen and black ink with brown wash over touches of red chalk on laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
overall (to outer framing line): 11.3 x 5.7 cm (4 7/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Widener Collection
Accession Number
1942.9.760
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...