Jean Racine

1806

Augustin de Saint-Aubin

Associated Names
Augustin de Saint-Aubin

Artist, French, 1736 - 1807

The image shows a portrait of an individual from the chest up. The person is facing forward with a slightly angled head in a three-quarter profile. They have distinct facial features including a nose, lips, and eyes. The person has thick, curly hair falling past the shoulders. They wear formal attire with a high-collared shirt and a dark coat. The background features a textured or etched design with an oval frame surrounding the figure and the text "J. Racine" below.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving over etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.1 x 14.6 cm (8 11/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1988.52.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bocher 1879, no. 226, 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: JEAN. RACINE. / Dessine et Grave par Aug. St. Aubin d'apres le Buste fait par Girardon. / a Paris, chez Ant. Aug.Renouard.; lower right by later hand in graphite: 226(7?); uLv//by later hand in graphite: 1

Wikidata ID

Q74878351

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