Study for an Engraving of "Songs in the Opera of Flora"

ca. 1737

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and blue ink, with black chalk and graphite underdrawing
Dimensions: 2 13/16 x 3 15/16 in. (7.1 x 10 cm.)
Collection no.: 44.54.4
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Hubert François Gravelot. Study for an Engraving of "Songs in the Opera of Flora". Hubert François Gravelot; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Fletcher Fund, 1944. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Study for an Engraving of "Songs in the Opera of Flora" — Hubert François Gravelot. ca. 1737.

Medium: Pen and blue ink, with black chalk and graphite underdrawing. Dimensions: 2 13/16 x 3 15/16 in. (7.1 x 10 cm.).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1944.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

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.

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