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Second Day, Frontispiece

1757

Hubert François Gravelot

Artist, French, 1699 - 1773

Medium

pen and black ink with brown wash
Credit Line

Widener Collection
Dimensions

overall: 11.4 x 6 cm (4 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)
Accession

1942.9.696

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Album of Preliminary Drawings for Boccaccio's "Decamerone" (1757 edition), volume I

Various Artists, Hubert François Gravelot, François Boucher, Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, Charles Eisen

1757

First Day, Tenth Story, Maestro Alberto da Bologna

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

1757

First Day, Frontispiece

Hubert François Gravelot

1757

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right: H.Gravelot inv.; lower center: Frontispice pour le3.Volume.

Wikidata ID

Q64574532

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