Ornamental Medallions with the Adoration of the Magi and Two Bibliophiles

Hubert François Gravelot

Associated Names
Hubert François Gravelot

Artist, French, 1699 - 1773

This is a drawing of two circular scenes with surrounding decorative borders. On the left side is a scene with figures around a central figure, with the setting suggesting a moment of significance. The circular border contains the text "SS. TRES REGES P.N." and decorative flourishes. On the right side is a scene with figures in an interior space lined with bookshelves. The surrounding border for this scene contains the text "CEDIT ET ILLUMINAT." Between the two scenes is a symbolic design featuring radiating lines or light rays. Both scenes are detailed with line work and stippling, consistent with classical drawing techniques.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown-black ink with graphite on tracing paper; laid down

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Arthur L. Liebman

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 4.3 x 8.6 cm (1 11/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
    support: 28.1 x 20 cm (11 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1992.87.14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marquis de Fourquevaulx; Emmanuel Bocher (born 1835), Paris; Louis Olry-Roederer, Reims; by inhertiance 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

around medallion in black ink: SS. TRES REGES P.N. O.P.N.; around right medallion in black ink: ACCEDUTE ET ILLUMINAMINI TOLLE LECE. / 1737; bottom center in black ink: GLORIA IN EXELCIS DEO; by later hand on support, upper left in graphite: 28; by later hand on support, lower right verso in graphite: II3

Wikidata ID

Q64574689

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