Study for "Hob Taken Out of Ye Well," etched vignette in… by Hubert François Gravelot

Pen and wash sketch of two women and a gesturing man beside classical architecture, a tree, and a leaning ladder.

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Study for "Hob Taken Out of Ye Well," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora", Hubert François Gravelot (ca. 1737), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via artnap.com

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A pen and gray wash study shows two women in long gowns at the left, one reaching toward the other, while a man in a short tunic and tights gestures outward at the right beside a balustrade and a leaning ladder. The loose sketch of trees and classical architecture forms the setting. This drawing by Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1737, is a study for the etched vignette "Hob Taken Out of Ye Well" in Songs in the Opera of Flora, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date

ca. 1737

Medium

Black chalk and pen, black and gray ink, with slight traces of red chalk

Dimensions

7.3 × 10 cm

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

License

CC0

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