Charles Henri de Heineken

1770

Augustin de Saint-Aubin

Associated Names
Augustin de Saint-Aubin

Artist, French, 1736 - 1807

The image shows an engraved portrait of a man in profile facing right. He has distinguished facial features and appears older. The man wears a textured hat covering most of his head, with curly hair visible around the edges. He wears a garment with a fur collar. The portrait is in a circular frame with a ribbon at the top. Below the portrait is a textual inscription with the man's name, Charles Henri de Heineken, and additional descriptive titles. The background has a textured pattern.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving over etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 20.5 x 15 cm (8 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.88.27

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bocher 1879, no. 98, State v/v

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1879

  • Bocher, Emmanuel. Augustin de Saint-Aubin. Les gravures francaises du XVIIIe siecle, 5. Paris: Damascene Morgand et Charles Fatout, 1879.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, in image, below portrait: CHARLES HENRI DE HEINEKEN, / Chevr. du St.Emp. / Amateur des Belles Lettres et des Arts. / Aug. de St. Aubin delin & sculp 1770; in plate, below image, at center: Aug. de St. Aubin ad vivum del.et sculp. / 1770.; at bottom left, in brown ink in later hand: 772.; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q74875551

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