Design for an Embroidered Border, Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, c. 1765 - 1775

Identification

Title(s)

Design for an Embroidered Border

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1940-588

Inscriptions / marks

signature, recto, lower right, pen and brown ink: ‘De Saint Aubin, dessinateur du Roy’
annotation, verso, upper centre, black chalk: ‘No 40’
collector's mark, verso, lower right: Lugt 2228

Description

Ontwerp voor borduurwerk met bloemen en passement.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin

Place

Paris

Dating

c. 1765 - 1775

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 329 mm × width 116 mm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of D. Burg

Acquisition

gift 1940

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; sale, collection Anton Wilhelmus Mari Mensing (1866-1936, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (F. Muller), 29 november 1939 sqq., no 788, to D. Burg;{Copy RMA} by whom donated to the museum, 1940

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Paris 1650-1900 : decorative arts in the Rijksmuseum, Reinier J. Baarsen, p. 166-167, cat.nr. 37
Aanwinsten 1940-1946 : tentoonstelling van schilderijen, beeldhouwkunst, meubelen, kunstnijverheid, teekeningen en prenten, verworven in de jaren 1940-1946, p. 34, cat.nr. 93

Persistent URL

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