Hubert François Gravelot
1699-1773
Study of Euterpe, the Muse of Music
5 1/16 x 3 3/16 inches (129 x 80 mm)
Pen and black ink, and black chalk, on paper; incised for transfer. Framed in the typical green and gold ruled borders of the Roederer Collection.
1986.22
Gift of Mr. Charles Ryskamp.
Notes
This preparatory drawing for the "Almanach Iconologique" (Paris, 1769; p. 6) was engraved in reverse by Delongueil. The illustrations for the seventeen small volumes of the "Almanach'' were the result of a collaboration by Gravelot and Nicolas Cochin (1715-1790); nine volumes were engraved after Gravelot's designs, and eight after Cochin's designs.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at lower right in pen and black ink, "H. Gravelot inven".
Watermark: Fragment with letter "D".
Watermark: Fragment with letter "D".
Associated names
Olry-Roederer, Louis, former owner.
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 322.
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