Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

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Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

1724-1780

Clitie Received by Frédéric

1772

Pen and brown ink, watercolor, and gouache, on paper.

Full sheet: 6 5/8 x 4 5/16 inches (169 x 109 mm); design area: 5 1/4 x 3 9 1/16 inches (133 x 91 mm)

Purchased as the gift of Walter C. Baker.

1958.2

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Watermark: none.
Scene from the comic opera "Le Faucon" by Sedaine, music by Monsigny; given at Fontainebleau before the Court on November 2, 1771, and five times at the Théâtre Italien, in March 1772. There is a printed edition of "Le Faucon" dated 1772.

Inscription:

Inscribed by the artist, in pen and brown ink, at left, "Fait pour M. Sedaine en mars 1771"; in darker ink, below, "Gabriel de St Aubin ft"; in crayon, "M. de Grandpré"; in brush and brown ink, at right, "peint en mars 1772".

Provenance:

Marmontel; David David-Weill, Neuilly.

Associated names:

Marmontel, former owner.
David-Weill, David, 1871-1952, former owner.
Baker, Walter C., donor.
Sedaine, 1719-1797. Faucon.

Bibliography:

Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 168.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Ninth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958 & 1959. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1959, p. 107-108.

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