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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: Pen and black ink, with touches of brush and brown wash, over graphite, on pale 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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