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

La leçon de harpe
brown ink and wash over black chalk
7 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches (sight).

Personnages de fête villageoise
black chalk and sanguine
5 x 6 3/4 inches (sight).

This lot is located in Chicago.

(La leçon de harpe)

Provenance:

Marquis Charles de Valori, Paris

Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Valori sale, 25-26 November 1907, Lot 222

Albert Besnard

Galerie Charpentier, Paris, Anonymous sale, 22 February 1937

H.W. Calmann, Old Master Drawings, cat. 1953, no. 2

Dr. Victor Bloch, London;

Sotheby’s, London, Collection of Dr. Victor Bloch, 16 November 1963, Lot 22

Private Collection

Perrin, Paris, October 1989

Exhibited:

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Old Master's Drawings, Diploma Gallery, 1953 (loaned by Dr. Victor Bloch)

Literature:

Emile Dacier, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 1931, Vol. II, no. 695, p. 121

(Personnages de fête villageoise)

Provenance:

Private Collection

Perrin, Paris, October 1989