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Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

Daybreak,

Maker

  • Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

Title

Daybreak

Medium

oil paint

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Oil on canvas

Techniques

  • Oil on canvas

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

45.7 x 103.5 cm (18 x 40 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed LR:G. deAubin

Marks: In the upper left corner of the frame, the accession number "38.147" is written in red.In the upper left corner of the stretcher, the accession number "38.147" is written in red.

Label: At the upper right of the stretcher, there is a yellowing, rectangular label on which is printed [typed?] "Rect. #3838-1, 3/26/59 to THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL / OF DESIGNCat. 30: AURORA, by St.-Aubin / (Railway Express)". To the right of this, there is an octagonal label with two blue lines at the borders, in the center of which is written in black cursive "MHen[?]ri Pannier / 30 [?] r... [rue?] St[?] Dominique". On left side of stretcher there is a white RISD Museum label with red double border on two of the sides.On the left vertical brace of the stretcher, there is an octagonal, yellowing label with two lines of red border on which is written in black ink, "38.147 / French / 18th cent. / St. Aubin".

Place

Place Made: France

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

38.147

Daybreak

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Signature: Signed LR:G. deAubin

Marks: In the upper left corner of the frame, the accession number "38.147" is written in red.In the upper left corner of the stretcher, the accession number "38.147" is written in red.

Label: At the upper right of the stretcher, there is a yellowing, rectangular label on which is printed [typed?] "Rect. #3838-1, 3/26/59 to THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL / OF DESIGNCat. 30: AURORA, by St.-Aubin / (Railway Express)". To the right of this, there is an octagonal label with two blue lines at the borders, in the center of which is written in black cursive "MHen[?]ri Pannier / 30 [?] r... [rue?] St[?] Dominique". On left side of stretcher there is a white RISD Museum label with red double border on two of the sides.On the left vertical brace of the stretcher, there is an octagonal, yellowing label with two lines of red border on which is written in black ink, "38.147 / French / 18th cent. / St. Aubin".

Place Made: France

Publications

As Is Painting, So Is Poetry

Myth and Metamorphosis in the RISD Gallery
Read Online

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Intermission

December 16, 2016 - July 2, 2017

From the Reserve I

April 9 - August 3, 1994
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