Cattle in the Farnese Gardens | Harvard Art Museums

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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