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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), printmaker
After Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725-1805), designer

Title

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

Year

1771

Medium

  • etching,
  • engraving

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • etching,
  • engraving

Materials

etching, engraving

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

18.3 x 13.6 cm (7 3/16 x 5 3/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered below image, LL: "J. B. Greuze pinx."; LR: "A. de S.t Aubin sculp. a. f."; and LC: "Du Cabinet de M.gr Le duc de Choiseul"

Numbered UR: No. 121

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.1273

Type

  • Prints

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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), printmaker
After Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725-1805), designer
Le Baiser Envoyé (A Woman at a Window Holding a Letter), 1771
etching; engraving
18.3 x 13.6 cm (7 3/16 x 5 3/8 inches) (plate)
Gift of the Fazzano Brothers 84.198.1273

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