Title Page for Marmontel's "Contes moraux"
1765
Artist, French, 1699 - 1773
Hubert François Gravelot
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink with gray wash and white heightening
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 13.3 x 8.1 cm (5 1/4 x 3 3/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1942.9.1177
Associated Artworks
See all 24 artworksAlbum of Preliminary Drawings for Marmontel's "Contes moreaux"
Hubert François Gravelot
1765
Alcibiade
Hubert François Gravelot
1765
Soliman II
Hubert François Gravelot
1765
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.687.
Inscriptions
upper center: CONTES / MORAUX, / Par / M.MARMONTEL, / de l'Academie Francoise.; lower center: A PARIS, / Chez Merlin Libraire, / 1765.; lower right: H.Gravelot inven.
Wikidata ID
Q64574641