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Design for a Vignette: Seated Classical Figure
Hubert-François Gravelotundated
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, CT, United States
Details
- Title: Design for a Vignette: Seated Classical Figure
- Creator: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45)
- Creator Lifespan: 1699/1773
- Creator Nationality: French, active in Britain (1733–45)
- Creator Gender: male
- Date Created: undated
- Physical Dimensions: Mount: 11 x 7 7/8 inches (27.9 x 20 cm) Contemporary drawn border: 3 1/8 × 4 5/8 inches (7.9 × 11.7 cm) Sheet: 1 7/8 x 3 inches (4.8 x 7.6 cm)
- Subject Keywords: genre subject, vignettes, figure (illustration), design, profile, allegorical, seated
- External Link: See this work of art on the Yale Center for British Art website
- Medium: Graphite traced over in pen and brown ink, incised and squared for transfer, with sections mended in pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, and pen, in red and black ink border lines
- Repository Name: Yale Center for British Art
- Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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