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Study for Lucain's "La Pharsale", Canto I by Hubert François Gravelot — VisualArtsDB

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Study for Lucain's "La Pharsale", Canto I

Study for Lucain's "La Pharsale", Canto I

Study for Lucain's "La Pharsale", Canto I

Hubert François Gravelot

1756–1773

Medium: Pen and black ink, over touches of graphite, on gray laid paper, incised for transfer and perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 14.1 × 8.8 cm (5 9/16 × 3 1/2 in.)
Genre: Pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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