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Charles Joseph Natoire
1710 - 1777
Medium
paper
Dimensions
180; 244
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
collector's mark, verso, lower centre: Lugt 2228
About the Artist
Charles Joseph Natoire · 1700–1777
**Charles-Joseph Natoire** (3 March 1700 – 23 August 1777) was a leading French painter of the Rococo period, celebrated for his elegant mythological and historical scenes. Born in Nîmes to sculptor Florent Natoire, he received his initial training in drawing from his father before moving to Paris in 1717. There he studied first under Louis Galloche at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculptu...