Art, literature & historyStudy for Lucain's "La Pharsale", Canto I, Standing Female Figure
c. 1766
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Graphite, with touches of pen and black ink, heightened with traces of white chalk, on gray laid paper, incised for transfer, and perimeter mounted on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 12.9 × 8.6 cm (5 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1962.111.3
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Study for Lucain's "La Pharsale", Canto I, Standing Female Figure — Hubert François Gravelot. c. 1766.
Medium: Graphite, with touches of pen and black ink, heightened with traces of white chalk, on gray laid paper, incised for transfer, and perimeter mounted on cream laid paper. Dimensions: 12.9 × 8.6 cm (5 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.