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This is a drawing of a heraldic emblem with wings and scientific instruments. The image depicts a central shield adorned with a crown and flanked by large feathers on either side. On the shield are three fleurs-de-lys. To the left of the shield, various scientific instruments like a globe, a telescope, and measuring tools are intricately sketched. The drawing is bordered by a double line.
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This is a drawing of a heraldic emblem with wings and scientific instruments. The image depicts a central shield adorned with a crown and flanked by large feathers on either side. On the shield are three fleurs-de-lys. To the left of the shield, various scientific instruments like a globe, a telescope, and measuring tools are intricately sketched. The drawing is bordered by a double line.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Arms of the King of France with Wings and Scientific Instruments

Hubert François Gravelot

Medium
graphite, incised for transfer on laid paper; laid down
Dimensions
sheet: 8.3 x 11 cm (3 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.) support: 28 x 19.5 cm (11 x 7 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1992.87.19
Credit line
Gift of Arthur L. Liebman
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • detail and ornament
  • architecture
  • Rococo
Provenance

Marquis de Fourquevaulx; Emmanuel Bocher (born 1835), Paris; Louis Olry-Roederer, Reims; by inheritance to Olry-Roederer Family, Paris, by 1912; Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York; Arthur Liebman [d. 1991], Lake Forest, IL; bequest 1992, to NGA

Inscription

by later hand on support, upper left in graphite: B; by later hand on support, lower right verso in graphite: II 10

NGA object ID 79123. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.