Coat of Arms with Three Putti

Hubert François Gravelot

Associated Names
Hubert François Gravelot

Artist, French, 1699 - 1773

This is a drawing of a decorative coat of arms. The drawing includes an ornate shield at the center with a crown above it, featuring a design with stars and other motifs. Flanking the shield are cherubic figures - one holding a staff or scepter and another with a bow - sitting amidst swirling clouds or drapery. Below them are books and scrolls. The composition is framed with scrollwork, banners, and calligraphy.

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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 8.9 cm (2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
    support: 28.1 x 19.5 cm (11 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1992.87.20

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

by later hand on support, upper left in graphite: C; by later hand on support, lower right verso in graphite: II 6

Wikidata ID

Q64574695

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