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

1757

Hubert François Gravelot

Artist, French, 1699 - 1773

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Artist, French, 1715 - 1790

Charles Eisen

Artist, French, 1720 - 1778

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with 38 drawings, of which 36 are by Gravelot, 1 by Cochin, and 1 by Eisen

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    accessory size: 37.7 x 30.4 x 5.7 cm (14 13/16 x 11 15/16 x 2 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.724-761

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Associated Artworks

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Seventh Day, Seventh Story, Beatrice Sends Her Lover to Beat Her Husband

Hubert François Gravelot

1757

Seventh Day, Tenth Story, Tingoccio, after Dying, Revisits His Friend Meuccio

Hubert François Gravelot

1757

Tenth Day, Ninth Story: Saladin Bestows Rich Gifts on the Sleeping Torello

Hubert François Gravelot

1757


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1912

  • Cohen, Henri. Guide de l'amateur de livres a gravures de XVIIIe siecle. 6th edition revised and enlarged by Seymour de Ricci. Paris, 1912: col.160.


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