Reconciliation of Absalom and David (Réconciliation d'Absalom et de David)

1752

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

Associated Names
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

Artist, French, 1724 - 1780

This is a drawing depicting a scene featuring a regal figure in an ornate interior. The image includes opulent drapery and architectural elements like columns and arches. In the center, a seated figure is wearing a cape that suggests authority. Around them, other figures are interacting, with one figure kneeling in front of the main subject. The figures are depicted with intricate linework, emphasizing the texture and grandeur of the scene. Chiaroscuro is used to highlight the drama and gravity of the moment depicted.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching reworked in graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16 × 21.3 cm (6 5/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 17.2 × 22.6 cm (6 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1958.8.136

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dacier 1914, no. 7, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil (1778-1864), Paris (Lugt 2200)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Of Time and the Image: Three Periods of Change, Philadelphia College of Art, 1965-1966, no. 43.

Bibliography

1914

  • Dacier, Emile. L'oeuvre grave de Gabriel de Saint-Aubin; notice biographique et catalogue raisonne. Paris: Societe pour l'Etude de la Gravure Francaise, 1914.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: Gabriel de St. Aubin 1752; verso: none

Markings

recto: at lower right, blind stamp of Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil (Lugt 2200); verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

to be identified?

Wikidata ID

Q65224425

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