Augustin Saint-Aubin

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Augustin Saint-Aubin
1736-1807
The Promenade on the Ramparts of Paris (La Promenade des Remparts de Paris)
1760
Pen and gray ink, with brown wash, over graphite, incised, on paper; verso: rubbed with red chalk for transfer.
9 1/16 x 14 3/4 inches (230 x 374 mm)
Purchased on the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Fund 1978.
2007.107
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(signed?) lower left, "A de st. Aubin".
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis, centered between chain lines.

Provenance: 
Comte de La Béraudière; his sale, Paris, 16-17 April 1883, lot 258; A. Josse; his sale, Paris, 28-29 May 1894, lot 4, repr.; M. Lacroix; private collection, Switzerland.
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Associated names: 

Comte de La Béraudière, former owner.
Josse, A., former owner.
Lacroix, M., former owner.

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