Le Scélérat Damiens

1757

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

Associated Names
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

Artist, French, 1724 - 1780

The image is an etching depicting a man in profile, with a focus on his head and upper torso. The man has a furrowed brow, deep-set eyes, a strong nose, curly hair, and is wearing a loose shirt. There are no visible accessories or objects in his hands. The background has abstract patterns and faint outlines in the upper right corner. The etching is monochromatic with shading emphasizing facial features and textures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.7 × 12.8 cm (5 13/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
    plate: 16.8 × 13.5 cm (6 5/8 × 5 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 18.5 × 14.6 cm (7 5/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.293

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dacier 1914, no. 13, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1984

  • Regency to Empire: French Printmaking 1715-1814, The Baltimore Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1984-1985, no. 34, repro.

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.

1984

  • Carlson, Victor I. and John W. Ittman. Regency to Empire : French Printmaking 1715-1814. Minneapolis, MN, 1984: no.34.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: né le 5 janvier 1757 exécuté le 28 mars 1757; in plate, below image, at center: LE SECERAT DAMIENS; verso: at lower left in graphite in later hand: Gabriel de Saint-Aubin / 1757 / Dacier 13 / only state; at bottom center in graphite in later hand: 300

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65224402

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