1769
graphite
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Allegorical Frame with a Bat is a 1769 graphite by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin drew a bat inside a thin frame on paper. The bat hangs upside down like a tiny ghost. Thin lines fill the bat’s body, not a single solid color. This was a quick sketch, not meant to be a painting. The artist used chalk and ink to make soft shadows. The bat looks alive because of the careful cross-hatching in its wings. Try drawing like this with a pen. Look up Saint-Aubin, Gabriel de.
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin was a French draftsman, printmaker, etcher and painter.
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