1798
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Comte de Buffon is a 1798 ink by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait inside a framed oval. A man with curly hair and a serious face looks slightly to the side. Below him, there’s a scroll with writing and a laurel branch wrapped around it. The image is an engraving, which means it was carved into metal and printed. The details in the hair and clothes show how carefully the artist worked. Next, look up etching to see how this kind of printmaking works.
Augustin de Saint-Aubin sometimes styled Auguste de Saint-Aubin (3 January 1736 – 9 November 1807), belongs to an important dynasty of French designers and engravers.
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