
AT-00018722
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Study for "Hob Carrying Friendly's Letter," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora"
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Hubert François Gravelot (French, Paris 1699–1773 Paris)
- Date
- ca. 1737
- Medium
- Pen and blue ink and black chalk with slight traces of red chalk
- Dimensions
- 2 13/16 x 3 15/16 in. (7.2 x 10 cm.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawings
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Fletcher Fund, 1944
- Accession no.
- 44.54.7
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.
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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00018722
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