Title Page | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2019.208
People: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French (Paris 1721 - 1786 Paris)
Title: Title Page
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Papilloneries Humaines
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1750
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/364467

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 19 × 28.8 cm (7 1/2 × 11 5/16 in.)
sheet: 26.8 × 39.6 cm (10 9/16 × 15 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: top, upside down, black ink: ici le Bas du Cartouche
inscription: center, in plate: PREMIER ESSAI / DE / PAPILLONERIES HUMAINES / Par Saint Aubin l'Ainé

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Mrs. Lautier. [Unknown French dealer], sold; to [Paul Prouté, Paris, 1992], sold; to Victor Carlson, 1993, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: i/ii

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Victor I. Carlson
Accession Year: 2019
Object Number: 2019.208
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Victor Carlson and John Ittmann, Regency to Empire: French Printmaking, 1715-1814, exh. cat., Baltimore Museum of Art (Baltimore, 1984), p. 123, cat. no. 35 [related bibliography]

Verification Level

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2019.208: Title Page