Frontispiece for Almanach Historico-Physique
Medium
Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 9.7 × 5.4 cm (3 7/8 × 2 3/16 in.); Sheet: 11.3 × 8 cm (4 1/2 × 3 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
109483
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...