Vrouwenfiguurtjes
Hubert François Gravelot
1710 - 1761
Medium
paper
Dimensions
150; 88
About this artwork
Vrouw met racket voor volantspel: voorstudie voor de illustratie in prent gebracht onder de titel "Claire, Claire, Les enfants chantent la nuit quand ils ont peur" in "Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse, Lettres de deux amants...".
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...