Nine Children Listening to a Girl Tell a Story; A Boy Handing a Purse to a Girl Seated on a Bed
c. 1757
Artist, French, 1699 - 1773
Hubert François Gravelot
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and gray ink with brown wash on laid paper, laid down
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (to outer framing line): 14.3 x 8.1 cm (5 5/8 x 3 3/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1942.9.782
Associated Artworks
See all 34 artworksTitle Page for Volume III of Boccaccio's "Decamerone"
Hubert François Gravelot
1757
Album of Preliminary Drawings for Boccaccio's "Decamerone" (1757 ed.), volume III
Hubert François Gravelot
1757
Cul-de-lampe for Second Day, Third Story and Vignette for the Life of Boccaccio
Hubert François Gravelot
1757
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
2009
Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 146-149, 284, no. 63c (color).
Bibliography
1877
Portalis, Baron Roger de. Les dessinateurs d'illustrations au 18e siècle. 2 parts in 4 vols. Paris, 1877, 1 (pt. 2): 276, 291 (the set).
1880
Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de. L'Art du XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris, 1880-1882, 2: 41, 132 (the set).
1912
Cohen, Henri. Guide de l'amateur de livres à gravures de XVIIIe siècle. 6th ed., rev. and augmented by Seymour de Ricci. Paris, 1912: col. 160 (the set).
1921
Lugt, Frits. Les marques de collections de dessins & d'estampes; marques estampillées et écrites de collections. Amsterdam, 1921: 175, under no. 996 (sale of 1870) (the set).
1923
Ricci, Seymour de. The Roederer Library of French Books, Prints, and Drawings of the 18th Century. Philadelphia, 1923: [4-7] (the set).
Ricci, Seymour de. A Checklist of the More Important French Illustrated Books of the Eighteenth Century. Philadelphia, 1923: [3] (the set).
Inscriptions
upper center: P.108. / Introduction a la VIII.Journée.; center: H.Gravelot inven.
; and at center above the lower image: Gulfart et la Femme de Gasparin.; lower center: P.113.
Wikidata ID
Q64574615