Allégorie sur l'Erection de la Statue de Louis XV (Allegory on the Establishment of a Statue of Louis XV)
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 31.8 × 23.7 cm (12 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.) sheet: 33.1 × 25 cm (13 1/16 × 9 13/16 in.) mount: 42.3 × 29.8 cm (16 5/8 × 11 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.17.265
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...