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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.355
People
Attributed to Charles-Joseph Natoire, French (Nîmes 1700 - 1777 Castel Gandolfo)
Title
Cattle in the Farnese Gardens
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1760
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299693

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown wash, black chalk, and touches of white gouache on toned cream antique laid paper laid down on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink
Dimensions
14.3 x 19.7 cm (5 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right: orti Farnesiani l3 8 novembre 1760
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Gilmor
  • inscription: old mount: Warren's col. from Lettsom col. [1760] 485 [crossed out:] 559

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lettsom. Warren. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year
1898
Object Number
1898.355
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William W. Robinson, "John Witt Randall: An Early American Collector of Later German Drawings", Master Drawings, Master Drawings Association (New York, 2001), vol. 39, no. 2, Summer, pp. 159-168, note 32, p. 168

Verification Level

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