Almanach des Dieux pour l'année 1768 (Almanach of the Gods for the Year 1768)
Medium
Etching and engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 43 × 37.2 cm (16 15/16 × 14 11/16 in.); Sheet: 45.9 × 39.1 cm (18 1/8 × 15 7/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
62696
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...