Watermark: none visible through lining.
In 1762, Natoire sent to the marquis de Marigny two drawings that he had made during his visit to Frascati which were views of the cascade taken from two opposite sides. The present sheet shows the foot of the cascade on the terrace above the Nymphaeum, while the pendant sheet, which is also in the collection of the Library (Acc. No. 1996.64), depicts the view taken from the head of the cascade. A third view of Frascati, made earlier by the artist and dated 1755, was acquired by the Library in 1955 (Acc. No. 1955.3).
Inscribed by the artist in pen and brown ink, at lower left, "Belvedere di Fescati"; signed and dated at lower right, "C. Natoire 1762".
Marigny, Abel François Poisson, Marquis de, 1727-1781, former owner.
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