Study of Hands
This delicate study of hands is a rarity in Natoire’s oeuvre as he painted portraits only occasionally. This drawing is a study for a self-portrait that was commissioned by the Grand Duke of Tuscany for his famous gallery of artists’s self-portraits. In the painting, Natoire holds a porte-crayon in his right hand and displays his cordon de Saint-Michel in his left. It is rare, also, to find such a study on a large un-cut sheet of paper.
Artwork Details
- Title: Study of Hands
- Artist: Charles Joseph Natoire (French, Nîmes 1700–1777 Castel Gandolfo)
- Date: ca. 1761
- Medium: Black and white chalks on blue paper
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 11 7/16 in. (25 × 29 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of Louis de Bayser, 2014
- Object Number: 2014.443
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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