Allegorie des Mariages Faits par la Ville de Paris a la Naissance du Duc de Bourgogne
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 15.6 × 12.2 cm (6 3/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Plate: 17 × 12.9 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 18 × 14.8 cm (7 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
144368
Art Historical Context
Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin *Allegorie des Mariages Faits par la de Paris a la Na du Duc de Bourgogne*1751) is a etching that captures the exuberant spirit of mid-18th France. Created to celebrate the birth of Louis Duke of Burgundy—son of the Dauphin Louis and heir to the throne—this allegorical print depicts the City of Paris symbolically arranging marriages, evoking themes of union, prosperity, and royal amid the lavish Rococo era under Louis XV. Saint-Aubin, a prolific Parisian engraver renowned for his intricate vignettes and satirical glimpses of urban life, masterfully employs etchi...
About the Artist
Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin · 1724–1780
Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin (14 April 1724 – 14 February 1780) was born in Paris into an artistic family — one of fourteen children of the court embroiderer and engraver G.-G. de Saint-Aubin. Art ran deep in the family: his brothers Charles Germain and Augustin de Saint-Aubin were also accomplished artists. Gabriel received his earliest training at home before entering the studios of Étienne Je...