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Charles-Joseph Natoire

( French, 1700 - 1777 )

La Source; The Triumph Of Bacchus

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Materials:

both oil on canvas

Size Notes:

each

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Markings:

the former signed and dated lower left: C. Natoire/1736

Literature:

Mercure de France, July 1736, p. 1639;; G. Wildenstein, Le Salon de 1725, compte rendu par le "Mercure de France" de l'exposition faite au Salon Carré du Louvre par l'Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture en 1725, publié avec des notes et documents nouveaux sur les expositions de l'Académie pendant le XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1924, p. 23;; F. Boyer, "Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Charles Natoire, peintre du roi," in Archives de l'Art Français, N.S., XXI, 1949, p. 46, no. 95;; Charles-Joseph Natoire..., peintures, dessins, estampes et tapisseries des collections publiques françaises, exhibition catalogue, Troyes Musée des Beaux-Arts; Nîmes, Musée des Beaux-Arts; and Rome, Villa Medicis, March - June 1977, p. 42; C.A. Hamilton and R. Downing, "Mythological Paintings Exhibited at the Salon, 1699-1791," in Loves of the Gods: Mythological Painting from Watteau to David, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, 15 October 1991 - 6 January 1992; Philadelphia, Museum of Art, 23 February - 26 April 1992; and Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, 23 May - 2 August 1992, p. 463;; P. Sanchez, Dictionnaire des artistes exposant dans les Salons des XVII et XVIIIeme siècles à Paris et en province, 1673-1800, Dijon 2004, vol. III, p. 1261;; The Arts of France from François 1er to Napoléon 1er: A Centennial Celebration of Wildenstein's Presence in New York, exhibition catalogue, New York, Wildenstein, 26 October 2005 - 6 January 2006, cat. no. 64, reproduced in colour, pp. 182, 183 and 395 ('La Source', detail).; S. Caviglia-Brunel, Charles-Joseph Natoire 1700-1777, Paris 2012, pp. 267-8, nos. P75 and P76, reproduced.

Provenance:

Armand Frédéric Ernest Nogaret (1734-1806); His estate sale, Paris, Hôtel de Gesvres, 6 April 1807 (and following days), lots 27 and 28; M. Weeb, or comte X***, until sold, Paris, Hôtel des Commissaires-Priseurs, Collection de M. Weeb...catalogue de tableaux anciens... Tableaux appartenant en partie à M. le comte X***, 13 January 1868, lots 69 and 70 (incorrectly entitled 'Galatée sur les eaux [sic] entourée de Tritons et Dieux marins' and 'Bacchus buvant entouré de Faunes et Satyres'); La Rochefoucauld collection; Private collection.

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