Title Page (Le Titre)

c. 1748, published in or after 1754

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin

Associated Names
Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin

Artist, French, 1721 - 1786

Etienne Fessard

Publisher, French, 1714 - 1777

This is a drawing of an ornate title page with the text "PREMIER ESSAI DE PAPILLONERIES HUMAINES." The frame surrounding the text is intricate and features fabric, floral motifs, and ornamental patterns. The central area is left blank, with embellishments creating texture. A symbol resembling a butterfly or moth is at the top center of the page. The drawing emphasizes decorative arts with careful attention to detail.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.9 × 28.5 cm (7 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 29.8 × 44.9 cm (11 3/4 × 17 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1958.8.123

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baudicour, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 3 June 1955, no. 68); (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, at center: PREMIER ESSAI / DE / PAPILLONERIES HUMAINES; in plate, along bottom: AParis chez Fessard Graveur du Roy rue St. Thomas du Louvre la 3e porte cochere a main gauche en entrant par la place du Palais Royal; verso: at lower right in graphite in later hand: B-2108

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

to be identified

Wikidata ID

Q65222189

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