Hubert François Gravelot
1699-1773
Oh mon Perre!...ma Fille!...quoi c'est vous?
ca. 1768
4 13/16 x 2 15/16 inches (122 x 74 mm)
Pen and black ink over graphite, on paper; incised with the stylus.
1968.15:25
Gift of John F. Fleming.
Notes
Gravelot's design is preparatory for a vignette enlivening the marquis de La Salle's comedy, "Histoire de Sophie Francourt" (Paris : Merlin, 1768; v. II, p. 102). A man and his young daughter are shown rushing into one another's arms. and signed at lower right The engraving after this drawing for the four-act comedy was executed by Jean Jacques Andre le Veau (1729-1786).
Inscriptions/Markings
Drawing captioned "Oh mon Perre!...ma Fille!...quoi c'est vous?" 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. 11, no. 32.
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