Hubert François Gravelot

Study for Vignette-Frontispiece in Charles-Simon Favart's "L'Amitié à l'Epreuve"

c. 1771
Graphite, on gray laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
15.8 × 8.2 cm (6.2 × 3.2 in)

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