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Attributed to Charles-Joseph Natoire (Nîmes 1700-1777 Castel Gandolfo)
Lot 5

Attributed to Charles-Joseph Natoire (Nîmes 1700-1777 Castel Gandolfo)

A nude woman holding an ewer (study for Hebe)

Fermé31 January 2013

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Attributed to Charles-Joseph Natoire (Nîmes 1700-1777 Castel Gandolfo)
A nude woman holding an ewer (study for Hebe)
red and white chalk on buff paper
13 7/8 x 8 in. (35.3 x 21.5 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Paris, Drouot, 14 February 1962, lot 66.
E. Peter Jones, London.
Green collection.
Basil Dighton, Washington.
Irwin Laughlin, New York.

Note du spécialiste

This figure is related to the one of Hebe in Natoire's painting Jupiter served by Hebe (Troyes, Musée d'Art et Histoire; Caviglia-Brunel P.16). Another study for the same figure by Natoire was recently discovered and subsequently acquired by the Musée d'Art et Histoire in Troyes (Caviglia-Brunel D.104).

Hebe was the goddess of youth, patron goddess of young brides and cupbearer to the gods. Here she is shown with her traditional attribute, her pitcher, from which she pours ambrosia.