The Genius of Painting

Provenance

Auguste Delaherche (1857—1940, not in Lugt), Beauvais; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 28-29, 1888 (third sale), lot 218. N. Beets, Amsterdam (not in Lugt); sold, Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, April 9-11, 1940, lot 161. Celia and David Hilliard, Chicago; given to the Art Institute, 2005.

The Genius of Painting

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin

n.d.

Accession Number

185728

Medium

Charcoal with stumping, erasing, and incising on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 21.6 × 24.1 cm (8 9/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Mount: 25.5 × 28.3 cm (10 1/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Celia and David Hilliard