Young Woman on the Terrace (La jeune femme a la terrasse)
c. 1750 or earlier
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 7 × 5.8 cm (2 3/4 × 2 5/16 in.) sheet (trimmed within platemark): 8 × 6.4 cm (3 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1958.8.141
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...