Charles Joseph Natoire
The Rebuke of Adam and Eve
174067.9 x 50.2 cm
Oil on copper
Signed and dated lower left: C. Natoire / 1740
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Richardson III, George T. Delacorte Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Heinz II Gifts; Victor Wilbour Memorial, Marquand, and The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment Funds; and The Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection, Edwar
Provenance
Pierre Charles de Villette, marquis de Villette, by 1755–65
his estate sale, Paris, 8 April 1765, nr. 32, for 332 livres
with Pierre Joseph Lafontaine, until 1798
his sale, Paillet, Paris, 22 February 1798, nr. 132, for 200 frs to Renard
with Miville-Krug, Basel, until 1846; sold to Balzac
Honoré de Balzac, Paris, 1846–died 1850; inv., 1848
his widow, Eve Hanska de Balzac, Paris, 1850–died 1882
anonymous sale, Hotel des Ventes, Brussels, 25 April 1882, nr. 13
with Eugène Fischhof, Paris, until 1913
sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 14 June 1913, nr. 33, for Fr 1,900
Lizé, Rouen
sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 20 November 1985, nr. 38, for Fr 820,000
with Stair Sainty Matthiesen, New York, until 1987; sold to MMA
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Other works by Charles-Joseph Natoire
Bacchanal
c. 1747
c. 1747
Cupid Sharpening His Arrow
1750s
1750s
The Triumph of Bacchus
1747
1747
Venus Requesting Vulcan to Make Arms for Aeneas
1734
1734
The Toilet of Psyche
c. 1735
c. 1735