Vignette for an Address
Medium
Etching on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 8.4 × 11.9 cm (3 5/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Plate: 8.8 × 12.2 cm (3 1/2 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 12 × 15 cm (4 3/4 × 5 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
109511
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...