Art Institute of Chicago

Study for the Vignette-Frontispiece of Lucretius's "De la Nature des Choses", Book I

Hubert François Gravelot

c. 1768

Attribution

Hubert François Gravelot French, 1699-1773

Medium

Pen and black ink, with traces of black chalk, on gray laid paper, incised for transfer and perimeter mounted on cream laid paper

Physical dimensions

13.7 × 8.7 cm (5 7/16 × 3 7/16 in.)

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Silver