Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
Chronicler of 18th-century Parisian street life
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, also Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, was a French draftsman, printmaker, etcher and painter. His brothers Charles Germain de Saint Aubin and Augustin de Saint-Aubin were also artists, as was his niece, Marie-François, daughter of Charles. He was a student of Étienne Jeaurat and Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont. After three failures to win a Prix de Rome from 1752 to 1754, he left the Académie des Beaux-Arts and joined the Guild of Saint Luke. A distinctive aspect of Saint-Aubin's art is its inordinate fondness for observation of society on the streets of the capital, which he sketched scenes or entertainment in his wanderings. As such, his engravings etchings and large watercolors are a valuable record of the Parisian artistic life in the eighteenth century.
Artworks by this artist (22 total)
- Louis XVI And Marie-Antoinette Crowned By Love 1775
- Study of a seated man reading, with a cat on his lap
- Kong Christian VII’s besøg på Det kgl franske Kunstakademi i Paris, 8 nov 1768 1768
- Costumed Dancers Performing in a Garden Tavern 1756
- Allegorie op de dood van Voltaire 1778 - 1780
- Allegory of Louis XV as Patron of the Arts with Paintings and Sculpture from the Salon of 1769 ca. 1769
- Sheet of Studies late 1760-1779
- The Upturned Head of a Young Boy in Profile
- Portrait of a Man 18th century
- Coronation Regalia Carried in Procession at Saint-Denis 1775
- L’Escalier (The Curving Stair) 1778-79
- Royal Review of the Troops 1760s
- The Country Dance 1760-1762
- Germain-Augustin and Rose de Saint-Aubin, Drawn by Their Uncle 1766
- Design for a Monument 18th century
- Rendezvous in the Palais Royal 1774
- Allegory on the Marriage of the Dauphin and Marie-Antoinette in 1770 1770
- Theatrical Divertissement Offered at a Gala Evening Party 18th century
- Lingerie Boutique and Conversation (verso) c. 1765-75
- Theatre Scene (recto) c. 1765-75