Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00005941A Portrait Medallion of King Louis XV Surrounded by Putti Carrying the Attributes of Fame and History
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…"
Provenance
Sold by Christie’s, London, July 10, 2001, lot 125, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.
Exhibition history
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.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin / French, 1724–1780
- Date
- 1774
- Medium
- Graphite, with traces of pen and black ink, on parchment, tipped onto white paper, tipped on blue card
- 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.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- prints and drawing
- Place
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Accession no.
- 2013.1022
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