Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin was a French printmaker, draftsperson, painter, illustrator and graphic artist (1724–1780). He was born at Paris.
Also recorded as Gabriel Jacques St. Aubin; Gabriel Jacques De Saint-Aubin; Gabriel-Jacques de Saint-Aubin; Gabriel Jacques de Saint Aubin; Gabriel Jacques Saint-Aubin; Gabriel Jacques de Saint- Aubin.
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin in brief
- Born
- 1724
- Died
- 1780
- Known for
- printmaker, draftsperson, painter, illustrator and graphic artist
- Place of birth
- Paris
Contents
Recognition and collections
Work by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin is held by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Minneapolis Institute of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum and National Gallery of Victoria.
Catalogued works
62 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1745 to 2001.
The Salon of 1779, dated 1779, held by Department of Paintings of the Louvre, inventory RF 1993 9. The Private Academy, dated 1774, held by The Frick Collection, inventory 2008.1.01. The Country Dance, dated 1760, held by J. Paul Getty Museum, inventory 84.PA.12. Les fêtes vénitiennes, dated 1759, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1975.1.702. A Street Show in Paris, dated 1760, held by National Gallery, inventory NG2129. Daybreak, dated 1760, held by Q2148186, inventory 38.147. Maniere d'exposer les nobles apres leur mort, held by Q214867, inventory 1961.17.63. Rendezvous in the Palais Royal, dated 1774, held by Q214867, inventory 1961.17.64. Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette Crowned by Love, dated 1775, held by Q214867, inventory 1963.15.29. Figure Sketches, held by Q214867, inventory 1963.15.30. Corner of a Drawing Room, held by Q214867, inventory 1964.8.1503. Allegorical Frame with a Bat, dated 1769, held by Q214867, inventory 1978.84.1. Allegorical Frame with a Genius and a Veiled Woman Writing, dated 1769, held by Q214867, inventory 1978.84.2. Draftsmen Outdoors, dated 1760, held by Q214867, inventory 1982.81.1. The Divertissement from Voltaire's "La princesse de Navarre", dated 1745, held by Q214867, inventory 1989.5.1. Ballet from "The Rival Fairies", dated 1748, held by Q214867, inventory 2000.9.23.a. Sketches of Dancers and Heads of Putti, dated 1748, held by Q214867, inventory 2000.9.23.b. Royal Review of the Troops, dated 1760, held by Q214867, inventory 2000.9.24. Vue de la foire de Beson, dated 1750, held by Q214867, inventory 1944.5.133. Heroic Act of a Father Who Sacrifices for His Son (Trait heroique d'un pere qui se sacrifie pour son fils), dated 1767, held by Q214867, inventory 1947.7.146. Allegorie sur l'Erection de la Statue de Louis XV (Allegory on the Establishment of a, dated 1763, held by Q214867, inventory 1950.17.265. Les chaises [lower half], dated 1760, held by Q214867, inventory 1950.17.266.a. Le tonneau d'arrosage [upper half], dated 1762, held by Q214867, inventory 1950.17.266.b. Vue du Salon du Louvre en l'annee 1753, dated 1753, held by Q214867, inventory 1950.17.268. Le scelerat Damiens, dated 1757, held by Q214867, inventory 1952.8.293. Frontispiece: Allegorical Composition (Composition allegorique), dated 1767, held by Q214867, inventory 1958.8.11. Envoy to M. de Saint-Denis by M. de Belle-Isle, Prisoner [left], dated 1767, held by Q214867, inventory 1958.8.13.a. Flight of M. de Belle-Isle, Prisoner with theAttakapas [right], dated 1767, held by Q214867, inventory 1958.8.13.b. Laban cherchant ses dieux, dated 1753, held by Q214867, inventory 1958.8.135. Reconciliation of Abraham and David (Reconciliation d'Absalom et de David), dated 1752, held by Q214867, inventory 1958.8.136. Allegory of the Dauphin's Convalescence (Allegorie sur la convalescence du Dauphin), dated 1752, held by Q214867, inventory 1958.8.137. Allegorie des mariages faits par la ville de Paris a la naissance du Duc de Bourgogne, dated 1751, held by Q214867, inventory 1958.8.138. Allegorie sur la mariage du Comte de Provence, dated 1771, held by Q214867, inventory 1958.8.139. Expulsion of the Jesuits (Expulsion des Jesuites), dated 1761, held by Q214867, inventory 1958.8.140. Young Woman on the Terrace (La jeune femme a la terrasse), held by Q214867, inventory 1958.8.141. The Charlatan (Le charlatan), dated 1760, held by Q214867, inventory 1958.8.142. La colere de Neptune, dated 1767, held by Q214867, inventory 1958.8.143. Four Vases (Les quatres vases), dated 1754, held by Q214867, inventory 1958.8.144. The Two Lovers (Les deux amants), dated 1750, held by Q214867, inventory 1958.8.146. On ne s'avise jamais de tout, dated 1761, held by Q214867, inventory 1958.8.148. Germain-Augustin and Rose de Saint-Aubin, Drawn by Their Uncle, dated 1766, brush and gray wash, over black chalk and graphite, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1972.118.233. Revelers at a Table in the Countryside, dated 1760s, pen and black ink with bister wash over black chalk, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1975.1.701. Laban cherchent ses dieux, dated 1753, etching, between second and third states, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 66.559.8. View of the Salon in the Louvre in the Year 1753, dated 1753, etching on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2005.4. Gabriel de Saint-Aubin Executing the Portrait of the Bishop of Chartres, dated 1768, pen and black ink, and brush and gray wash, with graphite, on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1981.152. "The Anger of Neptune" Fountain, dated 1767, etching on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2004.90. Sketchbook, dated c. 1760–64, graphite, pen, wash and watercolor on paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1946.383. Allegory, dated 1770, oil, with touches of black chalk, on tan laid paper, tipped on beige wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1998.117. The Entrance of the Academy of Architecture at the Louvre, dated 1779, brush and black ink and gray and colored wash, with black chalk and touches of pen and black ink, on off-white laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1989.197. Costumed Dancers Performing in a Garden Tavern, dated 1756, brush and brown and gray wash, with gouache, watercolor, and traces of graphite, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1966.124. Theatre Scene (recto); Lingerie Boutique and Conversation (verso), dated c. 1765–75, pen and brown ink, black crayon and pink wash on laid paper (recto); pen and brown ink on laid paper (verso), held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2019.256. Lingerie Boutique and Conversation (verso), dated c. 1765–75, pen, brown ink, laid paper, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2019.256.b. Theatre Scene (recto), dated c. 1765–75, pen and brown ink, black crayon and pink wash on laid paper (recto), held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2019.256.a. Henry IV, King of France, dated 1765, engraving, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1928.629. Notes pour le Rapport sur les progrès de la physiologie / Claude Bernard ; manuscrit inédit présenté et commenté par M.D. Grmek ; préf. de J. Dausset., dated 1979, held by Wellcome Collection. La fisiología : origen histórico de una ciencia experimental / José Luis Barona Vilar., dated [1991], held by Wellcome Collection. L'École Liégeoise de physiologie et son maître Léon Fredericq (1851-1935), pionnier de la zoologie chimique / [Marcel Florkin]., dated [1979], held by Wellcome Collection. Philosophie et méthodologie scientifiques de Claude Bernard / par Étienne Wolff, Christian Fouchet, Bernardo A. Houssay, Georges Canguilhem ... [etc.] Colloque international orgranisé pour la célébration du centenaire de la publication de l'Introduction à l'étude de la médecine expérimentale de Claude Bernard, 1965., dated 1967, held by Wellcome Collection. Les concepts de Claude Bernard sur le milieu intérieur / par Roger Heim, Bernard Halpern, Yvon Bourges, Bengt Andersson ... [etc.] Colloque international organisé pour la célébration du centenaire de la publication de l'Introduction à l'étude de la médecine expérimentale de Claude Bernard, 1965., dated 1967, held by Wellcome Collection. Ecrits physiologiques et médicaux / Descartes ; présentation, textes, traduction, notes et annexes de Vincent Aucante., dated 2000, held by Wellcome Collection. Physiologie et classification : relations historiques / Joseph Schiller ; traduit de l'anglais par les Docteurs F. et R.H. Polge d'Autheville., dated 1980, held by Wellcome Collection. La nécessité de Claude Bernard : actes du colloque de Saint-Julien-en-Beaujolais des 8, 9 & 10 décembre 1989 / organisé par le Musée Claude Bernard & le CERIEP (Centre de recherche de l'Institut d'études politiques - Université Lumière-Lyon 2) ; sous la direction de Jacques Michel., dated [2001], held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 14 named public collections.
Q214867: 40 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Rosenwald Collection: 27 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Prints in the National Gallery of Art: 27 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. drawings in the National Gallery of Art: 12 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Department of Paintings of the Louvre: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Frick Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. J. Paul Getty Museum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Gallery: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Q2148186: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 261 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 187 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Saint-Aubin, Gabriel Jacques de, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Saint-Aubin, Gabriel(-Jacques) de, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Saint-Aubin, Gabriel De (1724–80)., Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art, 2011. CARTULAIRE DE SAINT-AUBIN D'ANGERS, Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Saint-Aubin d'Angers, 2010. Saint-Aubin, de, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011.
Digitised editions and texts
11 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Le Scelerat Damiens (1757) — Internet Archive. Theatre Scene (recto) (1765) — Internet Archive. Inauguration de la statue equestre de Louis XV (1766) — Internet Archive. Prints and drawings by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin 1724-1780 (1975) — Internet Archive. Laban cherchent ses dieux (1753) — Internet Archive. Le Theatre Italien — Internet Archive. L'Escalier (1778) — Internet Archive. Henry IV, King of France (1765) — Internet Archive. Costumed Dancers Performing in a Garden Tavern (1756) — Internet Archive. "La Colere de Neptune," fontaine (1767) — Internet Archive. Allegorie sur la Convalescence du Dauphin (1752) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 9 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 8 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 8 means 8 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
the recorded working language is French.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris.
Work by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Minneapolis Institute of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, National Gallery of Victoria and Nationalmuseum.
Chronology
- 1724Gabriel de Saint-Aubin born at Paris.
- 1753Laban cherchent ses dieux digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1757Le Scelerat Damiens digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1759Les fêtes vénitiennes (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1760The Country Dance (J. Paul Getty Museum).
- 1760A Street Show in Paris (National Gallery).
- 1760Daybreak (Q2148186).
- 1765Theatre Scene (recto) digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1766Inauguration de la statue equestre de Louis XV digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1774The Private Academy (The Frick Collection).
- 1779The Salon of 1779 (Department of Paintings of the Louvre).
- 1780Gabriel de Saint-Aubin died at Paris.
- 1975Prints and drawings by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin 1724-1780 digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Saint-Aubin, Gabriel De (1724–80)., Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
Saint-Aubin, Gabriel Jacques de, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Saint-Aubin, Gabriel(-Jacques) de, Oxford Art Online, 2003
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
Internet Archive, 41 digitised items catalogued under Gabriel de Saint-Aubin as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 5.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Gabriel de Saint-Aubin.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 6.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Gabriel de Saint-Aubin.
museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Consult the source - 7.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (261 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Consult the source - 8.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 187 works naming Gabriel de Saint-Aubin.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 9.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q3094033: Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 10.
“Gabriel de Saint-Aubin”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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