Lot and His Daughters; Study of a man and two feet (verso)
This drawing must have been made in the early 1750s, when Saint-Aubin aspired to be accepted into the Académie Royale as a history painter. The composition shows an awareness of how the subject was treated by other artists of the period.
He made the initial sketch very quickly in chalk before adding ink, wash, watercolor, and gouache to produce a painterly effect. It is not known whether the drawing was a study for a lost or never-executed painting or intended as a finished work in and of itself.
He made the initial sketch very quickly in chalk before adding ink, wash, watercolor, and gouache to produce a painterly effect. It is not known whether the drawing was a study for a lost or never-executed painting or intended as a finished work in and of itself.
Artwork Details
- Title: Lot and His Daughters; Study of a man and two feet (verso)
- Artist: Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1724–1780 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1750–55
- Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over black and red chalk, heightened with watercolor and gouache, on blue paper (recto); black and white chalk with stumping (verso)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 11 1/4 in. (23.2 × 28.6 cm)
Frame: 13 1/4 × 15 1/2 in. (33.7 × 39.4 cm) - Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Promised Gift of Stephen A. Geiger, in memory of his parents, Howard W. Geiger and Mildred K. Geiger, and in honor of his brother, Julian R. Geiger
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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