FJK 113

Saint-Aubin Gabriel Jacques de (French, Paris 1724–1780 Paris)

The Little Dressmaker, with a Subsidiary Study of Her Head

Date unknown
7 43/64 × 5 5/16 in. (195 × 135 mm)

Medium
Black, red and white chalk, squared in red chalk

Collector’s mark “Beurdeley” (Lugt 421)

Origin

Marquis de Fourquevaux Collection
His sale, Paris, December 15, 1876 (one of the three drawings sold under no. 36)
Hippolyte Destailleur Collection, Paris (Government Achitect)
Alfred II Beurdeley Collection (1847-1919), Paris
His sale, Gallery Petit, Paris, March 13-15, 1905, no. 234
Duchess of Broglie, born Armaillé, Collection
Mrs. Chauffard Collection
Sale PIASA, Paris, March 31, 2000, no. 81
Jan Krugier Collection, Monaco, JK 5782
Jan Krugier Foundation

Bibliography

GONCOURT Charles et Jules, L’art du xviii^e siècle,Les Saint-Aubin, Paris: Quantin, 1882, p. 435.

DACIER Emile, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, Peintre, Dessinateur et Graveur (1724-1780). Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, “Scènes et figures familières,”Paris and Brussels: G. van Oest, 1931, p. 55, no. 352 (wrong dimensions).

Exhibitions

Paris, Hôtel de M. Jean Charpentier, Exposition des Saint-Aubin, organisée par la Société artistique des Amateurs, April 7-29, 1925, no. 194 bis.

Copenhagen, L’art français au xviii^e siècle, 1935, no. 507.

Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, La Passion du dessin. Collection Jan et Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2002, p. 158, no. 67, color ill. p. 159.