Study for "On Oath's Seldom kept," etched vignette in… by Hubert François Gravelot

Pencil sketch of two women in long period dresses talking in an interior with a doorway, table, and chair.

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Study for "On Oath's Seldom kept," 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 pencil study shows two women in long skirts and bodices conversing in an interior with a doorway at left, a side table, and a chair at right. The sketch is a preparatory study for "On Oath's Seldom kept," an etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora" by Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1737, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date

ca. 1737

Medium

Black chalk with graphite underdrawing, with traces of red chalk

Dimensions

7.2 × 10.1 cm

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

License

CC0

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