Title Page (Le Titre)

in or after 1756

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin

Associated Names
Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin

Artist, French, 1721 - 1786

The image displays intricate and swirling lines forming an elongated triangular shape at the center. There are elegantly detailed butterflies scattered throughout. The surrounding area contains delicate, flowing lines reminiscent of plants or vines. At the base, there are cloud-like formations. The central structure is inscribed with text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed irregularly to and within plate mark): 32.2 x 24.5 cm (12 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1958.8.129

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baudicour, no. 7, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 3 June 1955, no. 69); (via Henri M. Petiet, Paris); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1958.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1859

  • Baudicour, Prosper de. Le peintre-graveur français continue, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole française nes dans le XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris, 1859-1861. Reprint, Paris, 1967: Prosper de. Le peintre-graveur français continue, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole française nes dans le XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris: Mme Bouchard Huzard, Rapilly [etc.], 1859-1861.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, in image, at center on obelisk: ESSAY / DE / PAPILLONERIES / HUMAINES / PAR / Saint-Aubin; in plate, at bottom left: Saint-Aubin l'ainé invenit et sculpsit; verso: at bottom in graphite in later hand: P d B No 7 - 1 - 1er etat (tres rare) / St. Aubin (Charles Germain l'ainé / né a Paris en 17"

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

crowned shield with grapes

Wikidata ID

Q65222197

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