Hubert François Gravelot
1699-1773
St. Louis Healing a Sick Man Kneeling at His Shrine
ca. 1760
4 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (114 x 184 mm)
Black chalk, on paper; incised with the stylus.
1963.13:6
Gift of John F. Fleming.
Notes
Gravelot's study is preparatory for a 1760 engraving by Noel Lemire that illustrates Jean de Joinville's "Histoire de Saint Louis" (Paris : 1761, p. 1761). A man kneels at the shrine of St. Louis, with the saint standing atop the shrine, extending his hand towards the supplicant; angels seated among clouds flank the scene at left and right, and two winged heads of cherubs are shown below. The Morgan preserves a second design by Gravelot, also engraved by Lemire, for this publication (Acc. No. 1963.13:5).
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.
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. 8, no. 8, reproduced plate 5.
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