"The Anger of Neptune" Fountain
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 10.7 × 8 cm (4 1/4 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 11 × 8.2 cm (4 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
182149
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...