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This is a print showing a scene with large statues, swirling clouds, and several people. The lines are light gray against off-white paper, and many appear faded, making the shapes and forms hard to distinguish. At the center of the print is a tall statue of a person on horseback. People stand on the base of this statue, their arms outstretched upwards, one of them kneeling. To the right and left are more statues, seen from the side, that also feature people on horseback. Beneath them are crowds of people. Many of them hold objects, including scrolls, tools, flags, or bowls of fruit. In front…

Allégorie sur l'Erection de la Statue de Louis XV (Allegory on the Establishment of a Statue of Louis XV)

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724 - 1780)

c. 1763 · etching with traces of roulette and engraving on laid paper

National Gallery of Art · Rosenwald Collection

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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