Hubert François Gravelot

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Hubert François Gravelot
1699-1773
Rome Appearing to Cato II
ca. 1766
Pen and black ink over graphite, on paper; incised with the stylus.
4 3/4 x 2 15/16 inches (120 x 75 mm)
Gift of John F. Fleming.
1963.13:8
Notes: 

Gravelot's design is for an engraved frontispiece illustration to Abbé Parmentier's "Lettre de Caton d'Utique à César" (Paris : 1766). Cato is shown seated at a table, gazing at the allegorical female figure of Rome in front of him. Along with a second sheet in the Morgan's collection (Acc. No. 1963.13:7), the design was engraved by Marin Fessard le Jeune (active 1766-1787).

Provenance: 
Marie-Joseph-Colombe-Henri-Denis Beccaria de Pavie, Marquis de Fourquevaux (1762-1841), Fourquevaux, France; Emmanuel Bocher (1835-1919), Paris; Léon Olry-Roederer (1869-1932), Paris; A.S.W. Rosenbach (1876-1952), Philadelphia; John Fleming (1910-1987), New York.
Associated names: 

Fourquevaux, Joseph de Beccarie de Pavie, marquis de, 1762-1841, former owner.
Bocher, Emmanuel, 1835-1919, former owner.
Olry-Roederer, Léon, 1869-1932, former owner.
Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952, former owner.
Fleming, John F. (John Francis), 1910-1987, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Kraemer, Ruth S. "Drawings by Gravelot in the Morgan Library." Master drawings, XX (Spring 1982), p. 9, no. 18.

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Gravelot, Hubert François
School: 
French
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints