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

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

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

Hubert François Gravelot

1756–1773

Medium: Graphite, with pen and black ink and touches of brown wash, on cream laid paper, perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 8.9 × 9.7 cm (3 9/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
Genre: graphite
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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