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Bearded Male Figure, Standing, Conversing with a Crowned Woman

Hubert François Gravelot
1699-1773

Bearded Male Figure, Standing, Conversing with a Crowned Woman

3 5/8 x 2 3/4 inches (92 x 69 mm)
Pen and brown ink over graphite, on paper.
1968.15:41

Gift of John F. Fleming.

Notes
Gravelot's drawing, with visible pentimenti, probably was preparatory for a book illustration, although it has not been connected to a publication. A bearded man is shown standing before a seated and crowned woman, at whom he gestures or points with his left hand. This may represent Haman before Esther.
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. 14, no. 59.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department