Ballet from "The Rival Fairies"

Ballet from "The Rival Fairies" by Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

Medium

pen and black ink with gray wash on light beige laid paper, with a loose border line by the artist in pen and gray ink

Dimensions

overall: 13.7 x 20.6 cm (5 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Gertrude Laughlin Chanler

Accession Number

2000.9.23.a

About the Artist

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin · 17241780

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...

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