Design for a Gold Watchcase Showing Front and Elevation

Quick Overview

Artist: Hubert François Gravelot (French, Paris 1699–1773 Paris)
Medium: Pen and gray ink over graphite; incised; rubbed and smudged with brown ink
Dimensions: 3 7/8 x 2 1/8 in. (9.8 x 5.4 cm) frame: 21 x 16 in. (53.3 x 40.6 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of A.S.W. Rosenbach, 1944
Accession no.: 44.66.1

Study for Vignette in Voltaire's "La Pucelle d'Orleans", with Sketches of Heads and Nude Figures
Hubert François Gravelot
c. 1762 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003015
Unidentified Literary Illustration with a Group of Figures Surrounding Reclining Figure in Landscape
Hubert François Gravelot
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003016
Death of Adonis (?)
Hubert François Gravelot
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003017
Literary Illustration with Gentleman and Two Ladies in Interior
Hubert François Gravelot
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003018

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.