Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin
1724-1780
Allegory of the Birth of the Duc de Bourgogne
5 5/16 x 6 13/18 inches (135 x 172 mm)
Pen and brown ink, brown and red wash, over black chalk, on paper.
1974.15
Purchased as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Salomon.
Notes
Related to Saint-Aubin's etching "Allégorie des Mariages faits par la Ville de Paris á la Naissance de Meur le Duc de Bourgogne".
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Grapes descending from cartouche with letters "BA"? inside (fragment).
Associated names
Gigoux, Jean François, 1806-1894, former owner.
Groult, Camille, 1832-1908, former owner.
Newberry, John S. (John Stoughton), 1910-1964, former owner.
Salomon, Richard, donor.
Salomon, Richard, Mrs., donor.
Groult, Camille, 1832-1908, former owner.
Newberry, John S. (John Stoughton), 1910-1964, former owner.
Salomon, Richard, donor.
Salomon, Richard, Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Seventeenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1972-1974. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976, p. 179-180.
Classification
Century Drawings
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