Bacchanal
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)
Frame: 43 3/4 × 51 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (111.1 × 131.4 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number84.200
Not on view
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Department
Arts of Europe and the MediterraneanObject Type
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.
Published References Marzio, Peter, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: A Permanent Legacy, Hudson Hills Press: New York, 1989, p. 152, p. 153 (illus.) Edgar Peters Bowron and Mary G. Morton, Masterworks of European Painting in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000, pp. 105-106, illus. 107.
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