Charles-Joseph Natoire
Bacchanal

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Artist Charles-Joseph Natoire (French, 1700–1777)French, 1700–1777

CultureFrench

Titles

Bacchanal

Datec. 1747

PlaceFrance

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 31 7/8 × 39 7/8 in. (81 × 101.3 cm)
Frame: 43 3/4 × 51 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (111.1 × 131.4 × 11.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number84.200

Non exposé

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceCommissioned from Natoire for the marriage of Ange-Laurent de Lalive de Jully (1725-1779) in 1741; possibly Jean-Henri-Louis Orry de Fulvy (1703-1751); Ange-Laurent de Lalive de Jully, Paris; Private collection, England; [Didier Aaron, Inc., New York, 1984]; purchased by MFAH, 1984.
Exhibition History"French Paintings of the Eighteenth Century," Didier Aaron, Inc., New York, 1983.

"The Loves of the Gods," Réunion Des Musées Nationaux Grand Palais, Paris, October 15, 1991–Janiuary 13, 1992; Philadelphia Museum of Art, February 20– April 26, 1992; Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, May 23– August 2, 1992.

"Paris: Life and Luxury," The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, April 26–August 7, 2011; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 18–December 10, 2011.

"America Collects Eighteenth-Century French Painting," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 21–August 20, 2017.

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