Hubert François Gravelot
1699-1773
Antiochus and Stratonice
1738-1740?
5 7/16 x 3 1/8 inches (138 x 79 mm)
Brown ink over red chalk, on paper.
1986.2047
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from published caption.
Gravelot's design is preparatory for an illustration to Charles Rollin's "The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians" (first published in London: Knapton, 1738-1740). The scene shows an interior with Erasistratos (or Seleucus I?) at right, pointing to Antiochus lying sick in bed while addressing queen Stratonice, who stands on the right with her servants.
Gravelot's design is preparatory for an illustration to Charles Rollin's "The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians" (first published in London: Knapton, 1738-1740). The scene shows an interior with Erasistratos (or Seleucus I?) at right, pointing to Antiochus lying sick in bed while addressing queen Stratonice, who stands on the right with her servants.
Inscriptions/Markings
Drawing signed at lower right, "H. Gravelot inv. et delin."
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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