A Portrait Medallion of King Louis XV Surrounded by Putti Carrying the Attributes of Fame and History

Prints and Drawings

1774

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin
French, 1724–1780

Although Gabriel de Saint-Aubin failed in his attempts to be accepted by the Royal Academy as a history painter, he never gave up entirely his work in historical subjects, and he loved to endow political figures with ornamental relish. This drawing might have decorated a treatise; it is inscribed by the artist with the declaration “The Heart of the French (Le Coeur des Français)” and signed and dated January 11, 1774.

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Artist: Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin
Title: A Portrait Medallion of King Louis XV Surrounded by Putti Carrying the Attributes of Fame and History
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1774
Medium: Graphite, with traces of pen and black ink, on parchment, tipped onto white paper, tipped on blue card
Inscriptions: Inscribed recto, lower center, in graphite: "le Coeur des Français"; lower right, in graphite: "11 Janvier 1774"; at center right edge, in graphite: "Gabriel de S. Aubin del"; at center (in book): "DUC…"
Dimensions: Primary/secondary supports: 12 × 14.6 cm (4 3/4 × 5 3/4 in.); Tertiary support: 15.5 × 19.5 cm (6 1/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 2013.1022
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Art Institute of Chicago, “The Thrill of the Chase: Drawings for the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection,” Mar. 15-June 15, 2014, no cat.

Sold by Christie’s, London, July 10, 2001, lot 125, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.

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