Allegory with Figures, Putti and a Shield
An oil sketch on paper shows a nude male figure with wings standing at left, a seated nude woman at right gesturing toward a round shield, and a draped figure reclining in the foreground. Putti hover above in a loose, rapid brushwork with warm earth tones and blue-grey shadows.
- Artist
- Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin
- Date
- 1770
- Medium
- Oil, with touches of black chalk, on tan laid paper, tipped on beige wove paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2323 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1770).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection