Head of a Sea God
Charles-Joseph Natoire · 1730/40
Provenance
Ownership history
- Jacques Petit-Hory, Paris. British Rail Pension Fund; sold by Lexbourne Ltd., London, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1989.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "New Acquisitions: Old Master Drawings of the 15th-18th Centuries," 2 December 1989-8 June 1990.
- New York, The Frick Collection, "From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago," April 23-July 7, 1991, n.p., cat. 22; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 10, 1991-January 5, 1992.
Literature
Published references
- "From Maineri to Miró: The Regenstein Collection Since 1975," The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 26 (2000), pp. 46-47 (ill.).
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Page 33 and Page 36, from Premier Livre de Figures d'Academies gravées en Partie par les Professeurs de l’ Académie Royale
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L'Automne (Autumn, plate three from Le Quatre Saisons)
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L'Hiver (Winter, plate four from Le Quatre Saisons)
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