Artwork
Allegorical Frame with a Genius and a Veiled Woman Writing
Allegorical Frame with a Genius and a Veiled Woman Writing is a chalk drawing by the Romanticist artist Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. It dates from 1769 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
- Inscription
- Inscribed:across bottom in black chalk: Gabriel de St Aubin.f.l'âme de Yong sous le voile de la nuit écrit avec une/plume noire et parmi des tombeaux, Ce qui lui inspire Son génie brulant qui d'une main soutient le portraist de Yong meme et de l'autre lui montre le [terme?] de Silence; verso, in another hand in graphite at center top: 5; and in red chalk at upper left: 24#
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