id: 171074 accession number: 2013.48 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.48 updated: The Triumph of Neptune, 1766 or later. Charles Joseph Natoire (French, 1700–1777). Watercolor and black chalk on two sheets of cream laid paper; image: 23.8 x 34.1 cm (9 3/8 x 13 7/16 in.); mounted: 34 x 44 cm (13 3/8 x 17 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2013.48 title: The Triumph of Neptune title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1766 or later creation date earliest: 1766 creation date latest: 1777 current location: creditline: Severance and Greta Millikin Trust copyright: --- culture: France, 18th century technique: Watercolor and black chalk on two sheets of cream laid paper department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Charles Joseph Natoire (French, 1700–1777) - artist --- measurements: Image: 23.8 x 34.1 cm (9 3/8 x 13 7/16 in.); Mounted: 34 x 44 cm (13 3/8 x 17 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: lower right, in pen and brown ink: C. Natoire verso, on mount, in pen and brown ink: No 5 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings opening date: 2016-07-16T04:00:00 Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE 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 Naïades, & pour pendant le Triomphe de Neptune; ces deux Dessins aquarelles sont de forme cintrée du haut"; sold for 104 livres to De Berre [possibly Marquis de Calvière]; 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 coloriés; l'un représentat le Triomphe des Fleuves & Nayades; l'autre offer le Triomphe de Neptune: ces deux beaux dessins méritent une distinction particulière parmi les ouvrages de ce maître]; Sir Francis Ferrand Foljambe (1750-1814), Osberton Hall, Scofton near Worksop, Nottinghamshire; thence by descent date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Natoire produced this drawing based on a fresco by Guillaume Courtois, known as Il Borgognone (1628–1679), 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’s fluid brushstrokes and vibrant use of color exemplify the characteristic sensuality of his watercolors. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.48/2013.48_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.48/2013.48_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2013.48/2013.48_full.tif