Hubert François Gravelot

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Hubert François Gravelot
1699-1773
Perseus, King of Macedon, in the Tent of the Roman Consul Paulus Emilius
1738-1740
Pen and black ink and brown wash over graphite, on paper; incised with the stylus.
5 5/16 x 3 1/16 inches (135 x 78 mm)
Gift of John F. Fleming.
1968.15:16
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.
Bibliography: 

Kraemer, Ruth S. "Drawings by Gravelot in the Morgan Library." Master drawings, XX (Spring 1982), p. 6, no. 2; reproduced plate 1b.

Notes: 

Gravelot's design is preparatory for an engraved frontispiece to Volume IX of Charles Rollin's "The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes, and Persians..." (London, 1738-40). The 2nd century BC Roman consul and conqueror of Macedonia, Paulus Emilius, is shown seated in his tent, surrounded by soldiers; before him sits Perseus, his shoulders slumped in defeat. The engraving, signed "H. Gravelot inv.del. et sculp.", bears the date February 16, 1740.

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.

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