Bal Paré (The Jewel Ball)
Medium
Etching and engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.5 × 41.8 cm (11 5/8 × 16 1/2 in.); Plate: 36.5 × 48 cm (14 3/8 × 18 15/16 in.); Sheet: 38.4 × 50.1 cm (15 1/8 × 19 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
104239
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Augustin de Saint-Aubin was immensely successful as a designer and printmaker. He etched over 500 profile portraits and countless vignettes for book illustrations. Antoine-Jean Duclos, who specialized in illustration, was one of his best pupils. Duclos is known for two large engravings-The Concert and al Parethat he made in 1774 after drawings shown by Augustin in the Salon of 1773. In this print, Edmond and Jules de Goncourt noted Augustin had "the unique fortune of having fixed the physiognomy...