Hubert François Gravelot

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

c. 1771
Graphite and black chalk, on gray laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
14.3 × 8 cm (5.6 × 3.1 in)

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