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CHARLES-JOSEPH NATOIRE | A galloping horseman and other animals in front of the Temple of Venus and Roma
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- Charles-Joseph Natoire
- A galloping horseman and other animals in front of the Temple of Venus and Roma
- Black chalk, with touches of red chalk and pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, within pen and brown ink framing lines, on blue paper;signed and dated in pen and brown ink, lower right: C. Natoire 1755 and inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower centre: Tempio del Sole o della Luna
- 284 by 466 mm; 11 1/8 by 18 3/8 in
Provenance
Possibly Charles-Joseph Natoire,
his posthumous sale, Paris, 14 December 1778 (part of lot 251 – a group of landscape drawings by Natoire, acquired by Augustin Ménageot (circa 1700-1784);
E. de Bruyn,
his second sale, Brussels, 13-15 December 1956, lot 202;
sale, Versailles, Hôtel des Chevau-Légers, 20 June 1982, lot 66;
sale, Paris, Thierry de Maigret, 23 March 2007, lot 70,
where acquired by the present owner
his posthumous sale, Paris, 14 December 1778 (part of lot 251 – a group of landscape drawings by Natoire, acquired by Augustin Ménageot (circa 1700-1784);
E. de Bruyn,
his second sale, Brussels, 13-15 December 1956, lot 202;
sale, Versailles, Hôtel des Chevau-Légers, 20 June 1982, lot 66;
sale, Paris, Thierry de Maigret, 23 March 2007, lot 70,
where acquired by the present owner
Exhibited
Frankfurt, Deutsches Architekturmuseum DAM, Architectural Worlds. Sergei Tchoban-Draftsman and Collector, 2010, no. 44
Moscow, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, The Golden Age of Architectural Graphic Art Drawings by European Masters of the 18th -19th Centuries from the Sergei Tchoban Collection, 2010, no. 8;
Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, Only Italy! Architectural Graphic Art of the 18th-21st Centuries, 2014, p.72, no. 11;
Moscow, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, The Golden Age of Architectural Graphic Art Drawings by European Masters of the 18th -19th Centuries from the Sergei Tchoban Collection, 2010, no. 8;
Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, Only Italy! Architectural Graphic Art of the 18th-21st Centuries, 2014, p.72, no. 11;
Literature
S. Caviglia-Brunel, Charles-Joseph Natoire 1700-1777, Paris 2012, p. 180, no. D. 33, reproduced, D.33
Condition
Window mounted. Light brown staining throughout the sheet, more noticeable in the upper section. There is a small tear at the lower left corner along the pen and ink framing line. The ink has sunk in places, visible on the verso. Overall the image is strong and medium remains fresh and vibrant. Sold framed.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This picturesque landscape, executed in the aesthetically pleasing combination of pen and ink and chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper, depicts The Temple of Venus and Roma, known as The Temple of the Sun and the Moon in the 18th century. Drawn from the Arch of Constantine looking towards the Forum, the Temple is easily recognisable from its coffered exedra. The Temple was constructed circa 135 AD, during the reign of the Roman emperor Hadrian, on the site of the vestibule of the Domus Aurea of Nero. Natoire was appointed Director of the French Academy in Rome in 1750 and from then until his death in 1777, but particularly in the late 1750s and early 1760s, made a number of drawings of scenes both in Rome and in the Campagna.1
1. See S. Caviglia-Brunel, op.cit., pp. 438-467
1. See S. Caviglia-Brunel, op.cit., pp. 438-467