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Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

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Brown ink and wash drawing of costumed dancers performing in a garden tavern while spectators and musicians watch.

Costumed Dancers Performing in a Garden Tavern

1756

Pen and ink sketch on paper of seated figures at a table, a red-washed figure, and a standing man in shaded graphite.

Theatre Scene (recto)

c. 1765-75

Pen and ink drawings on two sheets showing theatre-like scenes with figures in period dress, one with red wash.

Theatre Scene (recto); Lingerie Boutique and Conversation (verso)

c. 1765-75

Drawing of a nude woman standing by a column and jar, with a serpent at her feet, in brown and red wash.

Pandora

1767

Pencil and wash drawing of a seated woman holding a cat, beside a fireplace and a sketched ceiling scene of cherubs.

Woman Seated Holding a Cat on Her Knees

n.d.

Drawing sheet with a seated woman reading in black chalk, a nude statue study in brown ink, and red chalk fragments.

Sheet of Studies

late 1760-1779

Pen and wash drawing of ancient galleys with rams and oars fighting a sea battle under a cloudy sky.

The Roman Fleet Victorious over the Carthaginians at the Battle of Cape Ecnomus

about 1763

Brown ink drawing of revelers dining at a table under trees, a servant pouring wine, with arches labeled Trianon and Marly.

Revelers at a Table in the Countryside

1760s

Watercolor of costumed figures and masked revelers in a city square with columns and an ornate monument, by Gabriel de Saint-

Les fêtes vénitiennes

after 1759

Gray wash drawing of a winged figure above standing and seated allegorical figures in an interior.

The Genius of Painting

n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of elegantly dressed figures gathered in a timber-framed courtyard beneath a barn structure.

Farmer Requesting Permission to Marry a Nobleman's Daughter

1761

Pen and wash drawing of a monument with a tomb base, winged figures rising through clouds toward radiating light.

Design for a Monument

18th century

The Upturned Head of a Young Boy in Profile

Allegory of the Marriage of the Dauphin and Marie-Antoinette in 1770

1770

Pen and wash drawing of a vaulted classical portico with tall columns, small figures at left, and a bright doorway opening.

Figures in the portico of the church of Saint Genevieve, Paris

1776-79

Germain-Augustin and Rose de Saint-Aubin, Drawn by Their Uncle

1766

Pen and ink sketch of a church procession with staff bearers, a canopy, clergy and crowd near an altar.

Coronation Regalia Carried in Procession at Saint-Denis

1775

Pen and brown ink drawing of a draped funeral interior with a raised bier and standing mourners in period dress.

Maniere d'exposer les nobles apres leur mort

1724

Pencil drawing of a nude male statue on a pedestal beside a seated woman, with sketched architecture behind them.

Rendezvous in the Palais Royal

1774

Drawing of a seated woman and a man in a plumed hat on a sofa, with a cupid above and a flaming heart below.

Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette Crowned by Love

1775

Pencil drawing of a classical interior corner with columns, a sculpted figure, and an arched doorway with ornate relief.

Corner of a Drawing Room

1724

Portrait of a Man

18th century

Four Views of a Young Woman

c. 1764

Pen and wash drawing of a stone staircase under a stone arch, with a woman in a long dress climbing the steps.

The Curving Stair

1778-79

Drawing of an oval frame with a faint portrait head, a winged figure above, and a veiled woman writing at a desk below.

Allegorical Frame with a Genius and a Veiled Woman Writing

c. 1769

Ink and wash drawing of an artist sketching a bishop at dinner from behind a screen, with a cherub in the clouds above.

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin Executing the Portrait of the Bishop of Chartres

1768

Ink and wash drawing of a classical colonnade with an arched doorway and small figures on a stone floor.

The Entrance of the Academy of Architecture at the Louvre

1779

Pen and ink sketch of two draftsmen sketching at a table under a parasol, with two seated figures beside them.

Draftsmen Outdoors

c. 1760

Red chalk drawing of elegant figures in a garden with a classical pavilion, trees, and cherubs above.

The Divertissement from Voltaire's "La princesse de Navarre"

1745

Open sketchbook with pencil interior studies of framed paintings and a small watercolor of a seated man with cherubs.

Sketchbook

c. 1760-64

Pen and brown wash drawing of ballet dancers in full gowns performing in an ornate columned hall.

Ballet from "The Rival Fairies"

1748

Pen sketch of dancing women in skirts and bonnets, with heads of putti and scrollwork at the upper right.

Sketches of Dancers and Heads of Putti

1748