Allegorie des mariages faits par la Ville de Paris a la naissance du Duc de Bourgogne

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

1752 · Etching, between second and third states · Drawings and Prints

Louis Joseph Xavier, a prince of the House of Bourbon and second in line to the throne, was born on September 13, 1751. His arrival was greeted by a flood of tributes in various forms—print, poetry, theater, song, and more. After producing several allegories celebrating the royal birth, Saint-Aubin changed tack and devised a more complex composition commemorating the dowries that were distributed to six hundred less privileged young women. The marriages took place on a single day, November 9, 1751, in churches throughout the city.

Artist

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

Date

1752

Medium

Etching, between second and third states

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1977