The Fountain of Rome at the Villa d'Este, Tivoli
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, watercolor, heightened with white, over black and red chalk, on faded blue paper
Dimensions
11 7/8 x 18 3/4 in. (30.2 x 47.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, in honor of a curator, 1996
Accession Number
1996.506
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...