Hubert François Gravelot
1699-1773
David Dancing before the Ark
ca. 1751
2 x 3 5/8 inches (64 x 91 mm)
Pen and brown ink over graphite, on paper; partially incised with the stylus.
1968.15:10
Gift of John F. Fleming.
Notes
Gravelot's design is for an engraved headpiece intended for Book I of Le Franc de Pompignon's "Poésies Sacrées" (Paris : Chaubert, 1751). King David, as described in the biblical Books of Samuel, is shown with his harp, rejoicing at the head of a procession bearing the ark to Jerusalem. This is one of two preparatory drawings, along with 1968.15:11, for a headpiece vignette in the "Poésies Sacrées".
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. 8, no. 5.
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