The Adoration of the Shepherds

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Charles-Joseph Natoire (Nîmes 1700-1777 Castel Gandolfo)
The Adoration of the Shepherds
black chalk, pen and brown ink heightened with white over a black chalk study by another hand (?), on blue paper
10¾ x 7 7/8 in. (275 x 198 mm.)

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Lot Essay

Other retouched drawings by Natoire are ilustrated in P. Stein, 'Copies and Retouched Drawings by Charles-Joseph Natoire', Master Drawings, 2000, pp. 167-187. Two others were exhibited at the Louvre (J.-F. Méjanès, Les collections du Comte d'Orsay: Dessins du musée du Louvre, exhib. cat., Paris, Louvre, 1983, no. 111) and sold at Christie's, Paris, 21 March 2002, lot 275.

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