François Aubertin (1773–1821) The Smoker. (Portrait of Jacques-Luc Barbier). 1804. Etching, aquatint, and stippling after Jean-Baptiste Isabey. 240 x 316 [277 x 355 mm]. I.F.F. 204; V. Carlson et al., *Regency to Empire: French Printmaking 1715–1814*, The Baltimore Museum of Art and The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1984, no. 119. A fine print on white vellum, slightly oxidized. Small traces of glue along the edges on the reverse. Generous margins. AABM stamp (Lugt 3075). Isabey’s original painting is housed at the Museum of the French Revolution in Vizille. The model was a history painter and a student of Jacques-Louis David. He collaborated with François Gérard on several large-scale compositions. His imposing presence led him to serve as a model not only for Isabey, but also for Gérard and Ingres.