Allegory of Louis XV as Patron of the Arts with Paintings and Sculpture from the Salon of 1769, ca. 1769, Oil paint over black chalk underdrawing, areas of paper reserve, on off-white laid paper, mounted on pasteboard, varnished, Sheet: 8 3/8 ? 5 5/8 in. (21. 3 ? 14. 3 cm), Drawings, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1724?1780 Paris), Saint-Aubin made copious sketches of works shown at the Salon, and this drawing features a compilation of several paintings and sculptures on view at the exhibition of 1769. All the sculptures depicted here have been identified and confirmed as having been on display, though the proportions of many objects have been manipulated