id:			171074
accession number:	2013.48
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.48
updated:		2025-05-08 11:22:05.327000

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
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creation date:			1766 or later
creation date earliest:		1766
creation date latest:		1777
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	Watercolor and black chalk on two sheets of cream laid paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Charles Joseph Natoire (French, 1700–1777)  - artist

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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.)
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	inscription:	lower right, in pen and brown ink: C. Natoire
verso, on mount, in pen and brown ink: No 5
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   2016-07-16T04:00:00
	<i>Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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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
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