The Genius of Painting
Medium
Charcoal with stumping, erasing, and incising on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 21.6 × 24.1 cm (8 9/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Mount: 25.5 × 28.3 cm (10 1/16 × 11 3/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
185728
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...