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Seated Man and Woman
About the Artwork
This drawing shows Célestin Nanteuil’s accomplishments as both a fine artist and illustrator. On one side, a couple converses, depicted in dense areas of ink—a practice Nanteuil learned from his friend, the author and artist Victor Hugo. Nanteuil scratched into these dark areas to create highlights. The back of the sheet features casually sketched vignettes, probably designed to accompany text in a book.
Inscriptions
On verso, on balloon, in brown ink: “LESCABICATI[?] / par / [?]”; bottom center, in brown ink: “Les [?] / [?] / La porte au [?] / [?] des [?] / L’argent [?]”
Provenance
Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY September 1975: Mr. Noah L. Butkin [1918-1980] 1980-2005: Mrs. Muriel Butkin [1915-2008] December 3, 2018: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Célestin François Nanteuil (French, 1813–1873)
- Date
- c. 1830–60
- Medium
- pen and brown ink, watercolor and scoring (recto), pen and brown ink (verso) on medium weight wove paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 25.8 x 19.8 cm (10 3/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Accession no.
- 2018.1064
More by Celestin Nanteuil in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011332
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