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Lot Essay
Natoire executed several drawings at Frascati from 1755 to 1762. One, undated, is in the Louvre (L. Duclaux, Inventaire gnral des dessins, Ecole franaise, Paris, XII, 1975, no. 55), three dated from 1756 to 1758 are at Montpellier (F. Boyer, 'Catalogue raisonn de l'oeuvre de Charles Natoire', Archives de l'art franais, 1949, nos. 653-5), two of 1755 and 1762 are at the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, and another is in the Public Library, Boston, P. Rosenberg, French Master Drawings of the 17th & 18th Centuries in North American Collections, exhib. cat., Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, and elsewhere, 1972, no. 99.
Further sheets are in the Albertina and the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, and was one sold at Christie's London, 5 July 1988, lot 123.
Most of these drawings show different views of the house and garden. This drawing is a close-up of the view of the canal at Frascati sold at Christie's London, 7 July 1998, lot 32.
Further sheets are in the Albertina and the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, and was one sold at Christie's London, 5 July 1988, lot 123.
Most of these drawings show different views of the house and garden. This drawing is a close-up of the view of the canal at Frascati sold at Christie's London, 7 July 1998, lot 32.