Benoit Audran II, Charles Joseph Natoire, and others
The Seasons: Summer
1729-1739
Scroll
- Artist: Benoit Audran II
- Artist: Charles Joseph Natoire
- Artist: Charles Joseph Natoire
- Publisher: Gabriel Huquier
The Seasons: Summer
1729-1739
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 260 × 259 mm. (10 1/4 × 10 3/16 in.)
Image: 228 × 246 mm. (9 × 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.3329
From series of 4 plates begun by Natoire, 2 finished by Benoît Audran and 2 finished by Pierre Aveline
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: lower right in plate: "C. Natoire f / Termine par B. Audran"; lower left in plate: "Inventé peint et grave a l'eau forte par C. Natoire"; lower center in plate (with shield): "ÆSTAS L'ESTE. / Dedié a Monseigneur Philibert Orry Controlleur general des finances. / par son très humble & très Obeissant serviteur C. Natoire, P.R. / a Paris chez Huquier vis a vis le grand Chatelet aux armes d'Angleterre avec privilege du Roy"; by later hand, lower right in graphite (in diamond): "11368"
Markings: CM: Claghorn (red)
