Summer (L'Été)
Charles Joseph Natoire
ca. 1735
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
8 x 9 5/8 in. (20.3 x 24.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession Number
60.623.17
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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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...