# Theatre Scene (recto)

- By: Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724–1780)
- Date: c. 1765–75
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, black crayon and pink wash on laid paper (recto)
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: Sheet: 21.7 x 17 cm (8 9/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.256.a)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.256.a/2019.256.a_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin was known for his distinctively sketchy style and interest in depicting performances such as dance and theater, the subjects seen here. The artist developed a distinctive composite style of sketching, and this work exemplifies his practice of covering both sides of a sheet of paper with diverse images in varying media.