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Charles Joseph Natoire
1700-1777
Leda and the Swan
Black and white chalk, on blue paper.
10 7/8 x 8 1/8 inches (276 x 206 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 85g
Provenance: 
Collection Hogarth (inscription "Hogarth 1880" on face of old mount); Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Associated names: 

Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

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Natoire, Charles Joseph
School: 
French
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints