Unidentified Literary Illustration with a Group of Figures Surrounding Reclining Figure in Landscape
Medium
Graphite, over red chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
13.8 × 7.6 cm (5 7/16 × 3 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
52849
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...