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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.57.A
People
Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, French (Paris 1724 - 1780 Paris)
Title
Architectural Studies: A Monument and an Ancient Sacrifice
Other Titles
Former Title: Monuments; An Ancient Sacrifice
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297832

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on three cut and rejoined sheets of cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
Dimensions
irregular: 23.9 x 25.9 cm (9 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Maurice de Fleury. Richard Owen, Paris, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard Owen
Accession Year
1932
Object Number
1932.57.A
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Above, at the left, a monument is erected upon a supporting arch in a temple. Below, an ancient sacrificial scene in which a great crowd is gathered in front of a vast arcade; at the left near an altar a priest raises his weapon to sacrifice the maiden standing beside an altar.

Publication History

  • Émile Dacier, Édouard Girod de l'Ain, and Hôtel Jean Charpentier, Exposition des Saint-Aubin, exh. cat. (Paris, 1925), no. 206
  • Émile Dacier, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin: peintre, dessinateur et graveur, 1724-1780, Les Editions G. van Oest (Paris, 1929-1931), vol. II, cat. no. 1095, p. 213
  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. I, cat. no. 636, p. 338, vol. III, fig. 319, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Exposition des Saint-Aubin, Hôtel Jean Charpentier, Paris, 04/07/1925 - 04/29/1925
  • Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors of Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 03/07/1975 - 04/13/1975; Davison Art Center, Middletown, 04/25/1975 - 06/08/1975

Verification Level

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