Vue du Salon du Louvre en l'année 1753
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin French
Not on view
This print is a rare depiction of one of the biennial exhibitions of contemporary art mounted in the Louvre’s Salon Carré. Saint-Aubin captures the high pitch of anticipation as visitors from various swaths of Parisian society mount the stairwell and emerge into the light-filled gallery overlooking the Seine. Although he was never made a member of the Académie Royale, and thus was not permitted to exhibit at its Salons, Saint-Aubin created the most enduring images of these public events—as interested in the mix of viewers as in the displays themselves.
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