Étienne Aubry
Étienne Aubry (1746–1781) was a French painter. He was born in Versailles. He studied under J. Silvestre and Joseph Vien, and soon became noted for his portraits and genre subjects.
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Étienne Aubry

Étienne Aubry · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Bequest of Muriel Butkin · CC0
- Died
- 1781. · Versailles.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter and artist.
- Fields
- portrait.
- Honours
- Prix de Rome.
- Languages
- French.
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Étienne Aubry fu pittore, “draftsmen (artists)” e copista; la nascita è registrata il 10 gennaio 1745 e la morte il 4 luglio 1781.
Vita
Il luogo di nascita di Étienne Aubry è Versailles, secondo la Bibliothèque nationale de France e la Getty Union List of Artist Names. La Bibliothèque nationale de France riporta la forma più precisa Versailles (Yvelines). Il luogo di morte di Étienne Aubry è Versailles, secondo la Bibliothèque nationale de France e la Getty Union List of Artist Names. La Bibliothèque nationale de France riporta la forma più precisa Versailles (Yvelines).
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Works
Aubry exhibited several works of great merit at the Paris Salon, but died at a young age in 1781, the same year that he exhibited the Parting of Coriolanus from his Wife.
The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Versailles and Rome. Work by Étienne Aubry is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Auckland Art Gallery, Musée de l'Histoire de France, Detroit Institute of Arts and Barber Institute of Fine Arts. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.
• Image — Year — English title of work — French title of work — Current location — Notes • — 1771 — Portrait of Louis-Claude Vassé — Portrait de Louis-Claude Vassé — Versailles, France Palace of Versailles • — 1773 — Portrait of Madame Victoire — Portrait de Madame Victoire — Versailles, France Palace of Versailles • — 1775 — Portrait of Noël Hallé — Portrait de Noël Hallé — Versailles, France Palace of Versailles • — 17?? — Portrait of the actor François René Molé (1734-1807) — Portrait dit de l'acteur François René Molé (1734-1807) — Paris, France Private collection • — 1775 — Paternal Love — L'Amour paternel — Birmingham, England Barber Institute of Fine Arts — • — 1775 — The Shepherdess of the Alps — La bergère des Alpes — Detroit, Michigan Detroit Institute of Arts • — 1776–1777 — Farewell to the Wet Nurse — Les adieux à la nourrice — Williamstown, Massachusetts Clark Art Institute — • — 1776 — The Broken Marriage — Le Mariage Rompu — Private collection • — 1777 — Portrait of Christoph Willibald von Gluck — Portrait de Christoph Willibald von Gluck — Paris, France The Louvre • 1777 ca. — Portrait of a Gentleman — Portrait d'un gentilhomme — Oxford, England Ashmolean Museum — • 1780–81 ca. — Parting of Coriolanus from his Wife — Coriolan quittant sa femme — South Hadley, Massachusetts Mount Holyoke College Art Museum — • The Return from the Cave — Le retour de la cave — Marseille, France Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille • The Glass of Wine — Le verre de vin — Paris, France The Louvre • — A Girl and Her Cat — Jeune fille et son chat — Private collection — • An Amorous Couple — Private collection —

An episode in La bergère des Alpes by Jean-François
Étienne Aubry · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
![An infant who has been living with a wet-nurse being taken away from its foster-parents by its natural mother. Etching by R. De Launay (Delaunay), 1780, after E. Aubry., [1780], by Étienne Aubry](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0015113/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
An infant who has been living with a wet-nurse being taken away from its foster-parents by its natural mother. Etching by R. De Launay (Delaunay), 1780, after E. Aubry., [1780], by Étienne Aubry
Étienne Aubry · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1745
Étienne Aubry born at Versailles.
1781
Étienne Aubry died at Versailles.
Recognition and collections
Where the work is held
Recognition and collections
Étienne Aubry received Prix de Rome.
Documents and archives
Primary material
Documents and archives
scholarly publication
- Aubry, Étienne (1745–81), Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
- Aubry, Étienne, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3592049: Étienne Aubry
Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
- “Étienne Aubry”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Literature
Literature
Literature
Aubry, Étienne, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Aubry, Étienne (1745–81)
Scholarly footprint
Literature
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Portraits et autoportraits d’artistes au. La Renaissance du livre. 2003. 978-2-8046-0816-3.
- 2.Louis Petit de Bachaumont, Mémoires secrets pour servir à l’histoire de la république des lettres en France, depuis MDCCLXII jusqu’à nos jours, , Londres, John Adamson, 1782, 344 , .
- 3.Gazette des beaux-arts, J. Claye, Paris, 1925, .
- 4.Œuvres complètes de Diderot : beaux-arts, , Paris, Garnier Frères, 1876, .
- 5.Feminism and art history. Harper & Row. 1982. 978-0-06-430525-9.
- 6.Farewell to the wet nurse. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. 1998. 978-0-931102-41-7.
- 7.Conservé au musée d'art et d'histoire de Cholet.
- 8.François-Léandre Regnault-Delalande, Catalogue raisonné d'objets d'art du cabinet de feu de Silvestre, ci-devant chevalier de l'ordre de Saint-Michel et maître à dessiner des enfants de France, 1810, 1 et 2. L'auteur de ce catalogue indique que Nicolas de Launay a gravé ce second sujet sous le titre La Première leçon d'amitié fraternelle et ajoute que .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Louis Petit de Bachaumont, Mémoires secrets pour servir à l’histoire de la république des lettres en France, depuis jusqu’à nos jours, , Londres, John Adamson, 1782, 344 , .
- Louis-Gabriel Michaud, Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne, , Bruxelles, H. Ode, 1847, .
- Adolphe Siret, Dictionnaire historique et raisonné des peintres de toutes les écoles depuis l'origine de la peinture jusqu'à nos jours, , Bruxelles, Les Principaux Libraires, 1883, 2 vol., -570 ill., pl., portraits, fac-simil. ; gr. in-8°, .
- Florence Ingersoll-Smouse, « Quelques tableaux de genre inédits par Étienne Aubry (1745-1781) », Gazette des beaux-arts, , .
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scholarly publication
Aubry, Étienne (1745–81), Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art, 2011Crossref registry
Institutional witnessscholarly publication
Aubry, Étienne, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
Institutional witnessreference work
Wikidata, structured authority record Q3592049: Étienne AubryWikimedia Foundation
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