| Maker(s): | Natoire, Charles Joseph
| | Culture: | French (1700 - 1777)
| | Title: | A Faun Carrying a Basket of Grapes, study for the painting The Triumph of Bacchus
| | Date Made: | 1747
| | Type: | Drawing
| | Materials: | red chalk heightened with white chalk on brown antique laid paper, laid down on off white card, the sheet trimmed down after the mounting
| | Place Made: | France
| | Measurements: | sheet: 14 7/16 x 9 1/4 in.; 36.6713 x 23.495 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | undated, signed in red chalk at lower left: c natoire
| | Accession Number: | SC 1951.270
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Philip Hofer
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Description:
nude male drawn from knees up, with small goatee and horns, turned toward proper right, holding a basket of fruit
Label Text:
Label text for ARH 240 French and Italian Drawings Renaissance through Romanticism, written by Ellen Monroe, class of 2015:
Natoire created this study in preparation for the painting The Triumph of Bacchus (below), completed in 1747. This type of preparatory drawing was a typical step for artists in the creation of a complex composition as early as the Renaissance. The Triumph of Bacchus, like many Rococo paintings, is derived from mythology. Bacchus was the Roman god of wine, and the joyous atmosphere of the final painting is invoked in this drawing. Characteristic of Natoire, the figure’s anatomy is carefully proportioned and the red chalk lines are confident and angular, best seen in the faun’s hands as they grasp the basket of grapes.
Tags:
men; fruit; mythology Link to share this object record:
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