 Also in 1747 he participated in the competition organized by the new general director of the Bâtiments du Roi, Le Normant de Tournehem, with the "Triumph of Bacchus", now in the Musée du Louvre.In 1751, Natoire was appointed director of the French Academy in Rome, a prestigious position, but one that was to set a seal on his active career.Far from court, Natoire witnessed his rivals Carle Van Loo, then François Boucher named "premier peintre du Roi" in turn.