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The Expulsion from Paradise 1740 Venus and Vulcan Psyche at Her Toilet Le Reveil de Venus

Charles Joseph Natoire was an 18th century French rococo artist who mainly painted decorative studies for the French Crown, including religious and mythological scenes. He won the Prix de Rome in 1721 and studied in Rome for five years. He was later named Director of the French Academy in Rome, and during this time, almost completely stopped painting.

Sketch of a Soldier Study for The Head of Venus The Glory of the Prince

He taught Fragonard and Robert Hubert and towards the end of his career, took up landscape painting. Many of his paintings were also studies for frescoes that have since been lost. The largest collection that is still in existence is at the Hôtel de Soubise in Paris.

View in the Gardens at Arceuil, with Figures and Peacocks by a Stairway Gardens of the Villa d’Este at Tivoli Landscape with Shepherds and their Herds amidst Roman Ruins

Today, Natoire’s work is housed all over the world, including the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and perhaps in your own home. Still wondering about an 18th century French painting in your family collection? Contact us… we are the Charles Joseph Natoire experts.