The Dance at Auteuil
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 13.2 × 7.9 cm (5 1/4 × 3 1/8 in.); Plate: 14 × 8.3 cm (5 9/16 × 3 5/16 in.); Sheet: 15.2 × 9.3 cm (6 × 3 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
208485
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...