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Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

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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

Etching of a decorated ox led through a city street by mounted soldiers and crowds of pedestrians.

Marche du boeuf gras

1750

Etching of four ornamental vases with putti and seated figures, signed Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, 1754.

The Four Vases

1754

Etched trade card showing a shop interior with a draped curtain, merchandise, and figures at a counter, dated 1767.

Trade Card for Périer, Ironmonger

1767

Etching of an allegorical scene with a reclining woman in clouds, putti, stone steps and a distant ship.

Trade Card for a Textile Merchant

1752

Etching of men in 18th-century coats gathered and talking in a crowded interior beside a column and chandelier.

The Newsmongers

1752

Etching of a woman in a full gown and a masked man in a plumed hat on a tiled stage under a crescent moon.

The Italian Theater

1724-1780

Etched vignettes with a portrait medallion, putti, and grapes on the left, and a crowned shield over a text panel on the righ

Vignettes pour les "Tablettes historiques, topographiques et physiques de Bourgogne"

1755

Engraved oval medallion of a columned church with a procession of robed clergy and courtiers before it.

Placing of the first stone for the church of Saint Genevieve

1766

Etching of an allegorical scene with clouds, winged figures, a kneeling robed man, and women in a classical colonnaded interi

Allegorie sur la Convalescence du Dauphin

1752

Etching of a figure with a staff standing on a sea creature atop a pedestal, flanked by two gesturing nude figures.

"La Colere de Neptune," fontaine

1767

Etching of Laban searching among women and figures under a tree, with a tent and animals in the background.

Laban cherchent ses dieux

1753

Etching of an allegory with classical gods on clouds, putti, a seated king in ermine, and a columned hall with French caption

Allegory of the Convalescence of the Dauphin

1752

Etched oval vignette of allegorical figures on a sea creature, with an equestrian statue and domed building in the background

Inauguration de la statue equestre de Louis XV

1766

Engraved oval medallion of a crowned allegorical woman and a river god gesturing toward an equestrian statue in a city square

The Inauguration of the Statue of Louis XV

1766

Etching of cherubs and draped figures beneath classical columns, with a Paris skyline and a medallion portrait in the clouds.

Allegory of the Marriages Performed by the City of Paris in Honor of the Birth of the Duc de Bourgogne in 1751

1752

Etching of a crowded fair with horseback riders, carriages, tents and onlookers beneath trees, by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin.

The Fair at Bezons (Vue de la Foire de Bezons)

1750

Le Scelerat Damiens

1757

Etching of three women resting under a large tree near a ruined building and a thatched cottage, with a basket on the ground.

Frère Luce

1767

Engraving of costumed dancers in a forest clearing, with a seated woman at left and a title inscription below.

The Carnival of Parnassus (Le Carnaval du Parnasse)

1761-62

Etched print of a nude man and clothed woman fleeing near a tree and white horse, with armed figures and a hut behind them.

Fuite de M. de Belle-Isle, prisonnier chez les Attakapas

1767

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

Engraved almanac for 1768 with classical columns, garlands, monthly calendars and mythological medallions.

Almanach des Dieux pour l'année 1768 (Almanach of the Gods for the Year 1768)

1768

Etching of visitors in 18th-century dress crowding a gallery with paintings on the walls and a balcony above.

View of the Salon in the Year 1753

1753

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

Engraving of a bearded man in a spiked barrel before a crowd, with ships in a harbor and a walled city behind.

Regulus Condemned to the Most Horrible Torture

18th century

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

Pen and grey wash drawing of a crowd, carriages and horsemen gathered before troops on a parkland under trees.

Royal Review of the Troops

1760s