Figures in the portico of the church of Saint Genevieve, Paris

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 690

Saint-Aubin took a keen interest in the decades-long construction of the church of Saint Genevieve, designed by the architect Jacques Germain Soufflot (1713–1780). Dedicated to the patron saint of Paris, it was funded by the crown and therefore also meant to celebrate the king’s role in the glory of the French capital.

In this atmospheric image, Saint-Aubin shows figures admiring the soaring classical columns of the portico, which was completed by 1776.

Figures in the portico of the church of Saint Genevieve, Paris, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1724–1780 Paris), Pen and brown ink, brush and gray and brown wash, over black chalk

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