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L'Escalier (The Curving Stair)

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Date

1778-1779

Artist

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (1724-1780)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Link

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/366332

Description

Admired for his impromptu sketches of daily life in Paris, Saint-Aubin produced one of the liveliest and most insightful records of ancien-régime France. This charming vignette captures an elegant young woman, accompanied by a small boy and a dog, as she lifts the hem of her skirt and prepares to ascend a curving stone stair to a sunlit park. Medium: black chalk, pen and black and brown ink, watercolour, and touches of gouache, on off-white laid paper.

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CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

Paris, France

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Category

Buildings & Architecture

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