Despreaux-Nicolas Boileau

1800

Augustin de Saint-Aubin after François Girardon

Associated Names
Augustin de Saint-Aubin

Artist, French, 1736 - 1807

François Girardon

Artist After, French, 1628 - 1715

The image shows an engraved bust portrait of a person in profile, facing left. The person has a prominent nose, a slightly pursed mouth, long, curly hair, and is shown from the chest upwards. The individual wears a garment with folds, and the oval frame within a rectangular border includes the inscription "BOILEAU" below the portrait. The background features a textured crosshatched surface within the borders against a plain outer backdrop.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving over etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.5 x 14.7 cm (8 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 24.3 x 17 cm (9 9/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1987.70.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bocher 1879, no. 23, State iii/iii

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

lower center in plate below medallion: BOILLEAU.; lower center in plate below frame: Dessine et Grave par Aug St.Aubin d'apres les Buste fait par Girardon

Wikidata ID

Q74877394

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