The Statue of Louis XV Seen through the Arcade of the Garde-Meuble

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin French

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Edme Bouchardon’s equestrian statue of Louis XV was installed in 1763 in an open space directly between the Champs Elysée and the entrance to the Tuileries gardens, a location considered at the time to be the outskirts of the city. It was an event that held a natural attraction for Saint-Aubin, whose work focused on the people and monuments of Paris, especially at inflection points of change and improvement. In a design for a print, admirers of the statue and an artist sketching (Saint-Aubin himself?) are framed by an arcade.

The Statue of Louis XV Seen through the Arcade of the Garde-Meuble, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1724–1780 Paris), Pen and black and brown and ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk with stumping and graphite underdrawing

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