Title Page for Marmontel's "Contes moraux"

1765

Hubert François Gravelot

Artist, French, 1699 - 1773

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with gray wash and white heightening

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 13.3 x 8.1 cm (5 1/4 x 3 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.1177

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Associated Artworks

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Lausus et Lydie

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La Mauvaise mère

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Les Deux infortunees

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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

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