Design for an Oval Gold Box

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Artist: Hubert François Gravelot (French, Paris 1699–1773 Paris)
Medium: Pen and gray and black ink over graphite, with brush and yellow and rose wash on top
Dimensions: 4 7/8 x 3 3/16 in. (12.4 x 8.1 cm) frame: 21 x 16 in. (53.3 x 40.6 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1944
Accession no.: 44.54.42

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