Staircase in the Palazzo Barberini, Palestrina
mid-18th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk, heightened with white
Dimensions
9 1/16 x 8 15/16 in. (23 x 22.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of H. M. Calmann, 1952
Accession Number
52.138
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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...