Auction on
25 April 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) -
4, avenue Bourbon - 60500 Chantilly
This red chalk drawing by Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777), a renowned Rococo painter and the teacher of Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), displays all his talent as a draftsman.
Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777), Étude de tête et de bras (Study of a Head and Arm), red chalk and traces of white chalk, annotated “C.Natoire” in ink, 25 x 35.5 cm/9.85 x 13.98 in. Estimate: €10,000/15,000
Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777), Étude de tête et de bras (Study of a Head and Arm), red chalk and traces of white chalk, annotated “C.Natoire” in ink, 25 x 35.5 cm/9.85 x 13.98 in. Estimate: €10,000/15,000
Known since antiquity, red chalk came into wider use during the Renaissance . Its ability to render volumes and shadows captured the attention of 18 th -century artists, especially portraitists seeking to…
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