Diana seated on a crescent moon, circa 1723-1728

Details

CHARLES-JOSEPH NATOIRE (NÎMES 1700-1777 CASTEL GANDOLFO)
Diana seated on a crescent moon, circa 1723-1728
signed with ‘C.N.’, watermark
black chalk, red chalk, white heightening (oxydised)
10 x 7 3⁄4 in. (25.2 x 19.3 cm.)

Provenance

Possibly anonymous sale; Amsterdam, 14 September 1761, lot 1157.
Chevalier de Damery (died circa 1803) Paris (L. 2862, with an inscription on the backing of the laid down paper ‘Du Cabinet Du chr De Dameri/ Charles Natoire invt fecit’.)
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 July 1987, lot 157.
with Galerie Perrin, Paris, 1989.

Literature

S. Caviglia-Brunel, Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1700-1777, Paris, 2012, no. D50, ill.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Suzanna Caviglia-Brunel compares the present red chalk drawing with a black chalk of similar subject also from collection of the Chevalier de Damery, monogrammed 'C.N.' and of equal size (op.cit., no. D. 49, ill.). The present drawing can be dated to Natoire's early career by comparaison with this sheet, which Caviglia-Brunel dates to 1723-1728.

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