Allegory of the Dauphin's Convalescence (Allegorie sur la convalescence du Dauphin)
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 11.3 × 13.6 cm (4 7/16 × 5 3/8 in.) sheet: 12.5 × 15.1 cm (4 15/16 × 5 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1958.8.137
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...