Lingerie Boutique and Conversation (verso)
c. 1765–75
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724–1780)
Drawings
Lingerie Boutique and Conversation (verso), c. 1765–75. Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724–1780). Pen, brown ink, laid paper; sheet: 21.7 x 17 cm (8 9/16 x 6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2019.256.b Gabriel de Saint-Aubin was known for his distinctively sketchy style and interest in depicting performances such as dance and theater, the subjects seen here. The artist developed a distinctive composite style of sketching, and this work exemplifies his practice of covering both sides of a sheet of paper with diverse images in varying media. Because of Gabriel de Saint-Aubin’s focus on social events and contemporary culture, his drawings are considered important records of eighteenth-century Parisian life.
- Maker/Artist
- Saint-Aubin, Gabriel de
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- Pen, brown ink, laid paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 21.7 x 17 cm (8 9/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Watermark: C(?) TORE(?)
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 2019.256.b
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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