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"title": "Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings",
"description": "Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).",
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"description": "Estate of the artist; his sale, M. Chariot and P.A. Paillet, Paris, December 14ff., 1778 (Lugt, \"Ventes,\" no. 2928), part of lot 95: \"Des Fleuves, des Na\u00efades, & pour pendant le Triomphe de Neptune; ces deux Dessins aquarelles sont de forme cintr\u00e9e du haut\"; sold for 104 livres to De Berre [possibly Marquis de Calvi\u00e8re]; his sale, M. Chariot and C.P. Joullain, Paris, May 5ff., 1779 (Lugt, \"Ventes\" no. 2996), part of lot 84: \"Deux Fleuves & quatre Nayades\" [possibly sale, Morel and Lebrun, Paris March 19ff., 1786] (Lugt, \"Ventes,\" no. 4025), part of lot 365: \"Duex dessins colori\u00e9s; l'un repr\u00e9sentat le Triomphe des Fleuves & Nayades; l'autre offer le Triomphe de Neptune: ces deux beaux dessins m\u00e9ritent une distinction particuli\u00e8re parmi les ouvrages de ce ma\u00eetre]; Sir Francis Ferrand Foljambe (1750-1814), Osberton Hall, Scofton near Worksop, Nottinghamshire; thence by descent",
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"description": "Natoire produced this drawing based on a fresco by Guillaume Courtois, known as Il Borgognone (1628\u20131679), that decorates a vaulted ceiling in the Palazzo Dorio-Pamphili in Valmontone. Carrying his trident, Neptune skims the ocean waves in a chariot attended by the gods Nereus and Oceanus, his son, Triton, and a dolphin. Able to raise tempests and calm the sea, Neptune gestures toward darkened clouds where two blowing faces personify the winds. Natoire\u2019s fluid brushstrokes and vibrant use of color exemplify the characteristic sensuality of his watercolors.",
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"citation": "Lemonedes: Heather. \u201c2013 Acquisitions: Prints.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 54, no. 2 (March/April 2014): 18.",
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