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Object Type
print
Museum number
1889,0806.18
Description
Portraits of Louis XVI, the infant Louis XVII and Marie Antoinette after Sauvage; conjoined busts in profile to left, in circular frame, with below a scene showing the separation of Louis XVI from his family Etching and stipple
Producer name
Attributed to:
Augustin de Saint-Aubin
After:
Pieter Joseph Sauvage
School/style
French
Flemish
Production date
1791-1800
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
stipple
Dimensions
Height:
150 millimetres
Width:
103 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Engraved after a portrait by Sauvage which was widely reproduced on print. The plate is unsigned and the attribution to Saint-Aubin was suggested by Bocher; however Bruel's De Vinck catalogue voices doubt regarding the attribution.
Bibliographic references
Bocher 1879 / Augustin de Saint-Aubin: catalogue raisonné
(154.II)
De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique.
(700)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre
Portrait of:
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and Navarre
Portrait of:
Louis XVII, King of France and Navarre
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Walker
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Lord Ronald Gower
Acquisition date
1889
Acquisition notes
1889,0806.8 to 53 were all purchased from William Walker for a total of £49 7s 6d. A few prices have been entered individually. Colvin's report dated 30 July 1889 stated that all of them came from the collection of Lord Ronald Gower.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1889,0806.18