Study for Vignette in Jean François Marmontel's "Contes Moraux"

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Hubert François Gravelot

Title

Study for Vignette in Jean François Marmontel's "Contes Moraux"

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1755–1773

Medium

Pen and black ink with brush and gray wash, over black chalk, on gray laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

13.1 × 8.2 cm (5 3/16 × 3 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1945.65.1

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