Study for "The Guardian's Maxim," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora"

Hubert François Gravelot French

ca. 1737

Not on view

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Title: Study for "The Guardian's Maxim," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora"
Artist: Hubert François Gravelot (French, Paris 1699–1773 Paris)
Date: ca. 1737
Medium: Black chalk with races of red chalk
Dimensions: 2 13/16 x 3 15/16 in. (7.2 x 10 cm.)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Rosenbach, 1944
Object Number: 44.54.5
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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