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Valmontone

Date

1766

Creator

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Location

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

The inscription on this sheet identifies the location and date of Natoire’s view. In a letter dated May 25, 1766, the artist mentioned that he and his sister "had just passed a few days in the country near Rome…which is called Valmontone on the way to Naples passing by Montecassino…The vantage points there are most agreeable and very picturesque, which inspires many ideas." A very similar drawing appeared on the art market in 1996, identifying the location more specifically as the Casino of Don Maffeo Barberini at Valmontone. from Snay, The Epic and the Intimate: French Drawings from the John D. Reilly Collection (Notre Dame, 2011)

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The inscription on this sheet identifies the location and date of Natoire’s view. In a letter dated May 25, 1766, the artist mentioned that he and his sister "had just passed a few days in the country near Rome…which is called Valmontone on the way to Naples passing by Montecassino…The vantage points there are most agreeable and very picturesque, which inspires many ideas." A very similar drawing appeared on the art market in 1996, identifying the location more specifically as the Casino of Don Maffeo Barberini at Valmontone. from Snay, The Epic and the Intimate: French Drawings from the John D. Reilly Collection (Notre Dame, 2011)
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  • The inscription on this sheet identifies the location and date of Natoire’s view. In a letter dated May 25, 1766, the artist mentioned that he and his sister "had just passed a few days in the country near Rome…which is called Valmontone on the way to Naples passing by Montecassino…The vantage points there are most agreeable and very picturesque, which inspires many ideas." A very similar drawing appeared on the art market in 1996, identifying the location more specifically as the Casino of Don Maffeo Barberini at Valmontone. from Snay, The Epic and the Intimate: French Drawings from the John D. Reilly Collection (Notre Dame, 2011)
  • The inscription on this sheet identifies the location and date of Natoire’s view. In a letter dated May 25, 1766, the artist mentioned that he and his sister "had just passed a few days in the country near Rome…which is called Valmontone on the way to Naples passing by Montecassino…The vantage points there are most agreeable and very picturesque, which inspires many ideas." A very similar drawing appeared on the art market in 1996, identifying the location more specifically as the Casino of Don Maffeo Barberini at Valmontone. from Snay, The Epic and the Intimate: French Drawings from the John D. Reilly Collection (Notre Dame, 2011)
Charles-Joseph Natoire (French, 1700 - 1777)
1766
Drawings
Black and red chalk, pen and brown ink with watercolor, heightened with white on laid paper
1996.070.021
landscapes
Not on view, please request access
12 7/8 x 18 3/4 in. (32.7 x 47.63 cm)
Gift of John D. Reilly, ND '63, '64

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