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Charles Joseph Natoire

1700–1777 · French

Born
1700 · Nîmes
Died
1777 · Castel Gandolfo

32 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Charles-Joseph Natoire was a French painter, a pupil of François Lemoyne and director of the French Academy in Rome from 1751 to 1775. Considered during his lifetime the equal of François Boucher, he played a prominent role in the artistic life of France.

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Charles-Joseph Natoire (3 March 1700 – 23 August 1777) was a French painter in the Rococo manner, a pupil of François Lemoyne and director of the French Academy in Rome, 1751–1775. Considered during his lifetime the equal of François Boucher, he played a prominent role in the artistic life of France. He is remembered above all for the series of the History of Psyche for Germain Boffrand's oval salon de la Princesse in the Hôtel de Soubise, Paris, and for the tapestry cartoons for the series of the History of Don Quixote, woven at the Beauvais tapestry manufacture, most of which are present at the Château de Compiègne.

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Selected registered works by Charles Joseph Natoire

Selected from 32 works by Charles Joseph Natoire in the Collect24 Registry.

Charles Joseph Natoire, The Triumph of Neptune

Charles Joseph Natoire

The Triumph of Neptune, 1766 or later

Watercolor and black chalk on two sheets of cream laid paper

23.8 × 34.1 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-213216

Charles-Joseph Natoire, Head of a bacchante

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Head of a bacchante, 1741

Black and red chalk, heightened with white chalk and blue and pink pastels, on blue-gray paper

32.7 × 23.5 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-208131

Charles Joseph Natoire, Standing Male Figure with Left Arm Extended

Charles Joseph Natoire

Standing Male Figure with Left Arm Extended, 18th century

Red chalk, heightened with white, on beige paper

38.7 × 26.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-566573

Charles Joseph Natoire, Orpheus Charming the Nymphs, Dryads, and Animals

Charles Joseph Natoire

Orpheus Charming the Nymphs, Dryads, and Animals, 1757

Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, pale blue, yellow, and pink watercolor and white heightening over preliminary drawing in pencil and black chalk.

81.8 × 42.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-931542

Charles Joseph Natoire, The Holy Family Appearing to St. Francis, St. Augustine, and St. Roch

Charles Joseph Natoire

The Holy Family Appearing to St. Francis, St. Augustine, and St. Roch, 18th century

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white over black chalk.

30.6 × 23.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-592574

Charles Joseph Natoire, Staircase in the Palazzo Barberini, Palestrina

Charles Joseph Natoire

Staircase in the Palazzo Barberini, Palestrina, mid-18th century

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk, heightened with white

23 × 22.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-580598

Charles Joseph Natoire, The Departure of Sancho Panza for the Island of Barataria

Charles Joseph Natoire

The Departure of Sancho Panza for the Island of Barataria, 18th century

Pen and brown ink, brush and pale brown wash, over black chalk

17 × 29.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-577472

Charles Joseph Natoire, The Fountain of Rome at the Villa d'Este, Tivoli

Charles Joseph Natoire

The Fountain of Rome at the Villa d'Este, Tivoli, 1765

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, watercolor, heightened with white, over black and red chalk, on faded blue paper

30.2 × 47.6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-538099

Charles Joseph Natoire, The Harvest of Silenus

Charles Joseph Natoire

The Harvest of Silenus, ca. 1759

Red, white and touches of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, on beige paper

18.3 × 25.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-532543

Charles Joseph Natoire, Standing Male Figure with Left Arm Extended

Charles Joseph Natoire

Standing Male Figure with Left Arm Extended, 18th century

Red chalk, traces of black chalk, heightened with white

41.5 × 28.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-500802

Charles Joseph Natoire, Gardens of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli

Charles Joseph Natoire

Gardens of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli, 1760

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, watercolor, heightened with white, over black and red chalk

31.3 × 47.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-496060

Charles Joseph Natoire, Study of Hands

Charles Joseph Natoire

Study of Hands, ca. 1761

Black and white chalks on blue paper

25 × 29 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-493669

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