Vignettes for the "New Voyages to the West Indies" by the Chevalier Bossu
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Each image: 12.4 × 7.8 cm (4 15/16 × 3 1/8 in.); Plate: 16 × 19 cm (6 5/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 20.5 × 23.4 cm (8 1/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
52503
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...