Double Cartouche with Two Heads and Symbols of Fame and Folly

Hubert François Gravelot

Associated Names
Hubert François Gravelot

Artist, French, 1699 - 1773

The image shows a drawing featuring two faces enclosed within ornate oval frames with symmetrical scrollwork. Both faces show only the head and shoulders, with distinct facial features sketched in. The face on the left has a wide mouth, furrowed brow, and a stylized pointy beard, with hair that appears to be standing on end. The face on the right has a serene expression, an older appearance, a long flowing beard, and softly curled hair. The ovals are connected by decorative elements, including intertwining leaves and scrolls at the base, with a hint of a crossbar beneath them. The background is a lightly shaded surface enclosed by a decorative border line.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite, incised for transfer on laid paper; laid down

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Arthur L. Liebman

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 6.4 x 7.5 cm (2 1/2 x 2 15/16 in.)
    support: 19.9 x 28 cm (7 13/16 x 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1992.87.15


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marquis de Fourquevaulx; Emmanuel Bocher (born 1835), Paris; Louis Olry-Roederer, Reims; by inheritance to Olry-Roederer Family, Paris, by 1912; Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York; Arthur Liebman [d. 1991], Lake Forest, IL; bequest 1992, to NGA

Associated Names

Inscriptions

the following are by later hand and are on the support: upper right in graphite: 28; upper left in graphite: 2C; lower right verso in graphite: II5

Wikidata ID

Q64574690

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