A Look at the "Paris Through the Eyes of Saint-Aubin" Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC

The Marriage of Mérope and Polyhonte, ca. 1750, black chalk with stumping, red and white chalks, on beige paper, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724-1780)

Friday afternoon we returned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see the ongoing Paris Through the Eyes of Saint-Aubin exhibit currently on view in Gallery 690. Marking the 300th anniversary of the artist's birth, the exhibition, running through February 4, 2025, features a wide array of drawings and prints demonstrating the prolific draftsman's many interests. Pictured are a select few on view.  

Lot and His Daughters, ca. 1750-55, pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over black and red chalk, heightened with watercolor and gouache, on blue paper, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724-1780)

Laban Searching for His Household Gods, ca. 1753, etching,
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724-1780)

The Hôtel-Dieu in Flames, 1772, pen and black ink over black chalk, with watercolor, pastel, and gouache, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724-1780)

The Fortune Teller, ca. 1725-28, pen and black ink, brush and gray wash,
watercolor and gouache, over black chalk underdrawing,
François Boucher (French, 1703-28)

The Chestnut Seller (La marchande de chataignes), 1762, etching,
Chevalier de Parlington (active late 18th century)

(L) Self-Portrait in a Medallion, ca. 1764, black chalk with stumping, graphite, pen and gray ink, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724-1780). The Child and the Bulldog, 1778, etching, Marguerite Gérard (French, 1761-1837)

The Venetian Festivals (Les fêtes vénitiennes), after 1759, watercolor and gouache over pen and brown ink, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724-1780)

The Village Festival, ca. 1735-40, etching,
Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre (French, 1714-1789)

The Triumph of Pompey, 1765, watercolor and gouache, pen and black ink, graphite, over black chalk, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724-1780)

(L) Allegory of Louis XV as Patron of the Arts with Paintings and Sculpture from the Salon of 1769, ca. 1769, oil paint over black chalk underdrawing, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. (R) Dorimel bidding farewell to his wife and her parents before his execution, an illustration for the play Le Déserteur, by Louis Sébastien Mercier, 1770, Black chalk and oil on paper laid down on panel, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

County Fair, 1762, etching, Pierre Charles Lévesque (French, 1736-1812)

After viewing the Saint-Aubin exhibit, we strolled through the European painting and sculpture galleries to see some of our old favorites.

Inferno, 1908, oil on canvas, Franz von Stuck (German, 1863-1928)

The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda), ca. 1772, oil on canvas,
Luis Melendez (Spanish, Naples 1716-1780 Madrid)

Still Life with Dead Hares, ca. 1808-12, oil on canvas,
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828)

A City on a Rock, 19th century, oil on canvas, style of Goya, Spanish

(L) Louis XV (1710-1774), 1757, marble, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (French,
1704-1778). (R) Orpheus and Eurydice, modeled ca. 1887, carved
1893, marble, Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917)

(L-R) Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall, 1811, oil on canvas; Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute, ca. 1835, oil on canvas; and Whalers, ca. 1845, oil on canvas, Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775-1851)

The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches, 1796,
oil on canvas, Henry Fuseli (Swiss, 1741-1825)

By the time we publish this, the Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 exhibit will have already opened. Expect our exploration in the near future. 

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