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A Portrait Medallion of King Louis XV Surrounded by Putti Carrying the Attributes of Fame and History
Gabriel Jacques de Saint-AubinLinkedCulture matchlcp-d8bf02b49a27
- Date
- 1774
- Medium
- Graphite, with traces of pen and black ink, on parchment, tipped onto white paper, tipped on blue card
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 186412
Although Gabriel de Saint-Aubin failed in his attempts to be accepted by the Royal Academy as a history painter, he never gave up entirely his work in historical subjects, and he loved to endow political figures with ornamental relish. This drawing might have decorated a treatise; it is inscribed by the artist with the declaration “The Heart of the French ( Le Coeur des Français )” and signed and dated January 11, 1774.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Provenance
- Sold by Christie’s, London, July 10, 2001, lot 125, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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