Le Scélérat Damiens
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 14.7 × 12.8 cm (5 13/16 × 5 1/16 in.) plate: 16.8 × 13.5 cm (6 5/8 × 5 5/16 in.) sheet: 18.5 × 14.6 cm (7 5/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1952.8.293
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...