View of the Salon in the Louvre in the Year 1753
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 14.6 × 17.8 cm (5 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.); Plate: 14.7 × 17.8 cm (5 13/16 × 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 15.2 × 18.1 cm (6 × 7 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
182965
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...