Charles Joseph Natoire (1700–1777), A View of the Top of the Cascade at the Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati
, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, black and red chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper; partial ruled border in black chalk, Bequest of Miss Alice Tully
, 1996.64
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).