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Gabriel de Saint-Aubin French
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The quick studies of women and children that fill this sheet were probably made from life. In the studio they would have been worked up into more detailed drawings, presumably to be used in painted compositions of scenes of urban or country entertainments.
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Title: Studies of women and children
Artist:
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1724–1780 Paris)
Date: ca. 1760
Medium: Black chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 15/16 × 7 1/16 in. (7.4 × 18 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Famille de Bayser, in honor of Stephen A. Geiger, 2024
Accession Number: 2024.140
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