Allegorical Frame with a Bat

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, c. 1769

The image displays a large circular portrait of a person in the center, framed by an ornate oval border with decorative elements, including a small animal figure above it. The color palette comprises earthy tones… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin ¹
Date: c. 1769 ¹
Medium: pen and dark brown ink over graphite, red chalk, and black chalk with touches of white chalk on light brown laid paper, with partial framing line in pen and brown ink ¹
Original: 3,086 × 4,659 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Regina Slatkin in memory of Charles E. Slatkin

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