Artworks · Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

Sketchbook

1755 · Graphite, pen, wash and watercolor on paper

13 × 17.2 cm (5 1/8 × 6 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Four Vases (Les quatres vases)

1754 · etching on laid paper

sheet (trimmed to platemark): 24.5 × 16.2 cm (9 5/8 × 6 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Laban Searching for his Household Gods (Laban chercant des dieux)

1753 · etching on laid paper

plate: 17.2 × 24 cm (6 3/4 × 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 19.3 × 25.8 cm (7 5/8 × 10 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Laban cherchant ses dieux (Laban Searching for his Household Gods)

1753 · etching on laid paper

sheet (trimmed within platemark): 16.8 × 23.3 cm (6 5/8 × 9 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Vue du Salon du Louvre en l'année 1753 (View of the Salon in the Year 1753)

1753 · etching on laid paper

sheet (trimmed to platemark): 14.8 × 17.9 cm (5 13/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

View of the Salon in the Louvre in the Year 1753

1753 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 14.6 × 17.8 cm (5 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.); Plate: 14.7 × 17.8 cm (5 13/16 × 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 15.2 × 18.1 cm (6 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Laban Searching for his Household Gods

1753 · Etching on paper

Image: 15.2 × 22.7 cm (6 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 18 × 24 cm (7 1/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Allegory of the Dauphin's Convalescence (Allegorie sur la convalescence du Dauphin)

1752 · etching on laid paper

plate: 11.3 × 13.6 cm (4 7/16 × 5 3/8 in.) sheet: 12.5 × 15.1 cm (4 15/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Reconciliation of Absalom and David (Réconciliation d'Absalom et de David)

1752 · etching reworked in graphite on laid paper

plate: 16 × 21.3 cm (6 5/16 × 8 3/8 in.) sheet: 17.2 × 22.6 cm (6 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Allegory on the Convalescence of the Dauphin

1752 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Plate: 11.3 × 13.5 cm (4 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 12.3 × 14.4 cm (4 7/8 × 5 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vignette for an Address

1752 · Etching on ivory wove paper

Image: 8.4 × 11.9 cm (3 5/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Plate: 8.8 × 12.2 cm (3 1/2 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 12 × 15 cm (4 3/4 × 5 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Allegory on the Convalescence of the Dauphin

1752 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 11.2 × 13.5 cm (4 7/16 × 5 3/8 in.); Sheet: 12.3 × 14.5 cm (4 7/8 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Allégorie des mariages faits par la ville de Paris à la naissance du duc de Bourgogne (Allegory of the Marriages Performed by the City of Paris in Honor of the Birth of the Duc de Bourgogne in 1751)

1751 · etching on laid paper

sheet (trimmed within platemark): 16.4 × 12.3 cm (6 7/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Allégorie des Ecoles gratuites du dessein (Allegory of the Free Drawing Schools)

1751 · etching reworked with graphite and black ink on laid paper

sheet: 17.9 × 13.3 cm (7 1/16 × 5 1/4 in.) plate: 16.7 × 12.7 cm (6 9/16 × 5 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Allegorie des Mariages Faits par la Ville de Paris a la Naissance du Duc de Bourgogne

1751 · Etching on cream laid paper

Image: 15.6 × 12.2 cm (6 3/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Plate: 17 × 12.9 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 18 × 14.8 cm (7 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Merope

1750 · etching on laid paper

plate: 16.7 × 12.8 cm (6 9/16 × 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 17.4 × 13.6 cm (6 7/8 × 5 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Two Lovers (Les Deux amants)

1750 · etching on laid paper

plate: 11.5 × 12 cm (4 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.) sheet: 13.9 × 14.8 cm (5 1/2 × 5 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Vue de la foire de Beson (The Fair at Bezons)

1750 · etching on laid paper

plate: 14.1 × 16.5 cm (5 9/16 × 6 1/2 in.) sheet: 15.5 × 17.6 cm (6 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Mérope

1750 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Sheet; clipped within platemark: 16.5 × 12.6 cm (6 1/2 × 5 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sketches of Dancers and Heads of Putti

1748 · pen and black ink with gray wash on laid paper

overall: 13.7 x 20.6 cm (5 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Ballet from "The Rival Fairies"

1748 · pen and black ink with gray wash on light beige laid paper, with a loose border line by the artist in pen and gray ink

overall: 13.7 x 20.6 cm (5 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Divertissement from Voltaire's "La princesse de Navarre"

1745 · red chalk on laid paper

overall: 14.3 x 17.1 cm (5 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Young Woman on the Terrace (La jeune femme a la terrasse)

1745 · etching on laid paper

image: 7 × 5.8 cm (2 3/4 × 2 5/16 in.) sheet (trimmed within platemark): 8 × 6.4 cm (3 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Genius of Painting

1744 · Charcoal with stumping, erasing, and incising on ivory laid paper

Image: 21.6 × 24.1 cm (8 9/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Mount: 25.5 × 28.3 cm (10 1/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman Seated Holding a Cat on Her Knees

1744 · Black chalk and graphite, with pen and black ink, brush and brown wash and touches of gray wash, on grayish-ivory laid paper

18.4 × 15 cm (7 1/4 × 5 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Four Views of a Young Woman

1744 · Graphite and black chalk, on ivory laid paper, hinged on cream laid paper

16.7 × 22.1 cm (6 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jonge vrouw aan een clavecimbel

1734 · paper, chalk

height: 176 cm, width: 125 cm

Rijksmuseum

Ex libris van François Jean Joseph Mols

1734 · engraving on paper

height: 82 cm, width: 65 cm

Rijksmuseum

La mort de Germanicus

1724 · etching and engraving on laid paper

National Gallery of Art

Corner of a Drawing Room

1724 · black crayon on laid paper

overall: 16.8 x 13.2 cm (6 5/8 x 5 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Figure Sketches

1724 · pen and brown ink and red and black chalk with gray and brown wash on two overlapping sheets of laid paper

overall: 16.2 x 22.5 cm (6 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Maniere d'exposer les nobles apres leur mort

1724 · pen and brown ink on laid paper

overall (approximate): 9.7 x 15.1 cm (3 13/16 x 5 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art