"Allegory of the marriages made by the city of Paris at the birth of Mgr Lec de Bourgogne in 1751"
Black stone, pen, brown ink, brown wash and highlights of white, blue chalk and red chalk. Framed with pen and brown ink. Glued to sheet. Antique mounting.
Mounted on a sheet of paper (minor pitting especially in the upper part).
Signed and dated lower left: de St aubin f 1751 (?)
H. 35-L. 25 cm
Provenance: sale X, 17 May 1898, Allegory of weddings
Bibliography: E. Benezit, Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs; Tome 12, p.185, quoted (Gründ 1999);
Print: engraved in counterpart by Gabriel de St Aubin
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