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Charles Joseph Natoire (1700–1777)
A View of the Top of the Cascade at the Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati, 1762
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, black and red chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper; partial ruled border in black chalk
Inscribed by the artist in pen and brown ink, at lower center, il didietro de la Cascata; signed and dated at lower right, C. Natoire 1762.
12 1/4 x 19 7/8 inches (311 x 500 mm)
Bequest of Miss Alice Tully; 1996.64
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The present sheet shows the head of the cascade on the terrace above the nymphaeum, while the pendant sheet depicts the view taken from the foot of the cascade. A third view of Frascati, made earlier by the artist and dated 1755, was acquired by the Morgan in 1955 (1955.3).
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