Farmer Requesting Permission to Marry a Nobleman's Daughter1761
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin painted this in 1761, aged 37. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago. More about this work
About this work
A work made of graphite and pen and black ink, with touches of opaque, white watercolor on cream laid paper.
Description from the Art Institute of Chicago.
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin painted this in 1761, aged 37. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.
How it was made
- Watercolour
- Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.
- Graphite
- Pencil. Graphite has been used for drawing since the 1500s; in 1795 Nicolas-Jacques Conté mixed it with clay, so its hardness could be graded.
- Pen and ink
- Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
French, 1724–1780 · Born and died in Paris.
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The Art Institute of Chicago has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 2023.2859
- Credit
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Type
- Drawing and Watercolor
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
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