Messenger Sent to M. Saint-Denis, by M. Belle-Isle, Prisoner, plate three from Les Nouveaux Voyages aux Indes Occidentales
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions
13.7 × 9.3 cm (5 7/16 × 3 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
129593
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...