A Portrait Medallion of King Louis XV Surrounded by Putti Carrying the Attributes of Fame and History
- 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.)
- Genre
- prints and drawing
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
drawings (visual works)graphitepen and ink drawingsprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)
About
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.
