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
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
1942.9.782
Associated Artworks
See all 33 artworksCul-de-lampe for Sixth Day, Tenth Story
Hubert François Gravelot
1757
Cul-de-lampe for Ninth Day, First Story and Cul-de-lampe for Ninth Day, Third Story
Hubert François Gravelot
1757
Cul-de-lampe for Tenth Day, Ninth Story and Cul-de-lampe for Last Page
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