Portrait of La Baronne de Rebecque
Medium
Etching and engraving; third state of three (Bocher)
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 5/16 × 8 1/16 in. (28.7 × 20.5 cm) Plate: 10 3/8 × 8 in. (26.4 × 20.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, 1924
Accession Number
24.80.247
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints collection, where Augustin de Saint-Aubin's *Portrait of La Baronne de Rebec* (1780) captures the elegance of pre-Revolutionary French aristocracy. Created as an etching and engraving—the third state of three, as cataloged by Bocher—this intimate portrait depicts the Baroness, a noblewoman whose poised demeanor reflects the refined world of 18th-century high society. Saint-Aubin, a masteraver from the prolific Saint-Aubin family, was renowned for his precise reproductive prints that translated paintings into accessible yet luxurio...
About the Artist
Augustin de Saint-Aubin · 1736–1807
Comment on works: Illustrator; Engraver