Hubert François Gravelot
1699-1773
Je vous la donne
ca. 1767
5 7/16 x 3 5/16 inches (138 x 84 mm)
Pen and black ink over graphite, on paper; incised with the stylus.
1968.15:22
Gift of John F. Fleming.
Notes
Gravelot's drawing is preparatory for an engraved frontispiece to Act V of Beaumarchais' five-act play “Eugénie” (Paris : Merlin, 1767). The play's principal characters are assembled in an elegant interior: Baron Hartley, at right, takes the hand of the Earl who kneels before him, gesturing at the same time towards his daughter, who sits or kneels at left, supported by her aunt, Madame Murer. The engraving was executed by Jean Jacques André Le Veau (1729-1786).
Inscriptions/Markings
Drawing captioned "Je vous la donne" and signed at lower right "H. Gravelot inven."
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. 10, no. 24, reproduced plate 9b.
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