Lot Essay
NATOIRE MADE SEVERAL DRAWINGS AT FRASCATI FROM 1755 TO 1762. ONE, UNDATED, IS IN THE LOUVRE (L. DUCLAUX, INVENTAIRE GéNéRAL DES DESSINS, ECOLE FRANCAISE, XII, NADAR-OZANNE, PARIS, 1975, NO. 55, PL. 39), THREE DATED FROM 1756 TO 1758, ARE IN MONTPELLIER (F. BOYER, 'CATALOGUE RAISONNé 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., TORONTO, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO AND ESLEWHERE, 1972, NO. 99, PL. 92. FURTHER SHEETS ARE IN THE ALBERTINA, VIENNA, AND THE KUPFERSTICHKABINETT, BERLIN.