Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

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Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin
1724-1780
Design for a Fireworks Display Given by the City of Paris in Celebration of the Marriage of the Dauphin in 1747
1747
Pen and black ink and wash, over black chalk, with a few passages in pen and brown ink, and three sketches of ornament and a dolphin in black chalk, on paper; squared for enlargement in black chalk.
16 3/8 x 23 5/8 inches (416 x 599 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Anne and Carl Stern.
1962.10
Inscription: 

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, at lower left, "Feu du mariage du Dauphin tiré le 12 février 1747 / L'artifice tirer par les deux artificiers Italien, et francais / la feste des chars le 9. Jour du mariage"; inscribed in black chalk at left center "obscure", at right center "clair"; in the lower center is an indication of the scale in pieds and toises.
Watermark: Grapes, with thick hollow stem, centered between chain lines.
Watermark: Countermark: ..ARCHVAL ?FIN AUVERGNE. (cf. Heawood 3377), first letter cut off. Two lines of text, each in cartouche

Provenance: 
W. R. Jeudwine, London.
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Associated names: 

Jeudwine, Wynne, former owner.
Stern, Anne Bigelow, donor.
Stern, Carl, donor.

Bibliography: 

Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Thirteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1963 & 1964. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1964, p. 105
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 168.
Denison, Cara D. French Drawings, 1550-1825. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, no. 63.
Denison, Cara D. French Master Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1993, no. 61, repr.

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Saint-Aubin, Gabriel Jacques de
School: 
French
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints