Allégorie des Ecoles gratuites du dessein (Allegory of the Free Drawing Schools)
1751, reworked in 1766
Medium
etching reworked with graphite and black ink on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 17.9 × 13.3 cm (7 1/16 × 5 1/4 in.) plate: 16.7 × 12.7 cm (6 9/16 × 5 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1958.8.138
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...