Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Historical Scene

Hubert François Gravelot
1699-1773

Historical Scene

5 7/16 x 3 1/8 inches (138 x 79 mm)
Pen and black ink and wash over graphite, with white chalk, on paper; incised with the stylus.
1968.15:30

Gift of John F. Fleming.

Notes
Gravelot's design probably was intended to serve as an illustration for an unidentified publication. A king and his retinue are greeted by an old man and two soldiers in front of a palace with columns.
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. 53.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department