Study of Hands
Charles Joseph Natoire
ca. 1761
Medium
Black and white chalks on blue paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 11 7/16 in. (25 × 29 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Louis de Bayser, 2014
Accession Number
2014.443
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
HandsPens
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...