A Triton Blowing a Conch Shell

1724

Jean-Baptiste Nattier

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste Nattier

Artist, French, 1678 - 1726

The image depicts a man from the thighs up, in a dynamic pose with his body twisted to the side. His right arm is raised, bent at the elbow, with his hand near his mouth, and his left hand is raised above his head. The man's facial features are partially obscured by his hand, his eyes are directed upwards, and he has mid-length hair. He is not wearing any clothing, and his muscular torso is detailed. The background is a simple, textured surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk heightened with white chalk on gray-brown laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gertrude Laughlin Chanler

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27.9 x 22.6 cm (11 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.9.19

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Peter Jones, Chester; Mr. Green; Basil L. Dighton, London; Hon. Irwin Boyle Laughlin, 1918, Washington, D.C.; his wife, Therese Iselin Laughlin, Washington, D.C., 1941; their daughter,Gertrude Laughlin Chanler, New York, 1958; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Eighteenth Century Drawings from the Collection of Mrs. Gertrude Laughlin Chanler, NGA, Washington, D.C., 1982, no. 2 (as Boucher).

2000

  • Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection (Summer 2000), National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000 (no catalogue).

Bibliography

1988

  • Grasselli, Margaret Morgan. "A Drawing by Jean-Baptiste Nattier." Master Drawings 26 (1988): 356-357, pl. 41.

Wikidata ID

Q64581162

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