Allégorie des mariages faits par la ville de Paris à la naissance du duc de Bourgogne (Allegory of the Marriages Performed by the City of Paris in Honor of the Birth of the Duc de Bourgogne in 1751)

1751

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

Associated Names
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

Artist, French, 1724 - 1780

This is a drawing of an allegorical scene depicting marriage. The artwork shows figures, predominantly cherubs and mythological beings, engaging in a celebration under a grand architectural structure with columns. The top portion includes cherubs holding an ornate oval frame and other cherubs in flight, while the central figures are reclining amidst flowing drapery. At the bottom, more cherubs and classical musical instruments are scattered, creating a sense of festivity. The use of line and form creates a theatrical atmosphere, highlighting the allegorical nature of marriages as a ceremonious event.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 16.4 × 12.3 cm (6 7/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1958.8.145

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dacier 1914, no. 5, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jean-Louis Soulavie (1752-1813), Paris (Lugt 1533)

Associated Names

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, in image, at lower left: No 600 / dot 300 [on sheet of paper]; in plate, in image, at lower right: G de S aubin invenit [on smoothing plane]; in plate, below image: ALLEGORIE DE MARIAGES FAITS PAR LA VILLE / de paris. à la naissance de mgnr le duc de bourgogne en 1751; verso: at lower right in graphite in later hand: DV II

Markings

recto: Jean-Louis Soulavie (Lugt 1533); verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65224515

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