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Augustin de Saint-Aubin

Le Baiser Envoyé (A Woman at a Window Holding a Letter)

Maker

Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736-1807), draftsman
After Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725-1805), designer

Title

Le Baiser Envoyé (A Woman at a Window Holding a Letter)

Year

1771

Medium

  • Graphite on paper,
  • squared and traced with stylus

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Graphite on paper,
  • squared and traced with stylus

Materials

graphite

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

16.8 x 13.6 cm (6 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in pen and ink in LR: "Aug. de St Aubin del"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.1272

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736-1807), draftsman
After Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725-1805), designer
Le Baiser Envoyé (A Woman at a Window Holding a Letter), 1771
graphite on paper, squared and traced with stylus
16.8 x 13.6 cm (6 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches)
Gift of the Fazzano Brothers 84.198.1272

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