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accession number: 1977.125
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In the Forest, 1841. Célestin François Nanteuil (French, 1813–1873). Oil on fabric; framed: 123.2 x 155.6 x 12.7 cm (48 1/2 x 61 1/4 x 5 in.); unframed: 97 x 129.8 cm (38 3/16 x 51 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin 1977.125
title: In the Forest
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creation date: 1841
creation date earliest: 1841
creation date latest: 1841
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creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: oil on fabric
department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Célestin François Nanteuil (French, 1813–1873) - artist
Growing up in an artistic family-his father, Robert, was a scenographer and his brother Charles François (1792-1865) a sculptor-Célestin Nanteuil first apprenticed with Jean Charles Langlois (1789-1870) and then with Ingres (q.v.). In 1827 he entered the Paris École des Beaux-Arts but was expelled two years later over a dispute with a professor. Nanteuil befriended Victor Hugo and started designing frontispieces for the author's writings. Accompanied by Théophile Gautier, Nanteuil was present at the famous Bataille d'Hernani in 1830, when Victor Hugo's unconventional poetic drama was loudly booed by the traditionalists but so hailed by its partisans that it paved the way for the young romantics' success. Endowed with a lively imagination, Nanteuil throughout his life interpreted writers, musicians, and poets, making prints in an often gothic style that matched the historicizing texts. Using either lithography or etching, he also made numerous reproductions of the paintings of his contemporaries, among them Couture (q.v.), Decamps (q.v.), Delacroix (q.v.), and Meissonier (q.v.). Even if his richest form of expression remains his printmaking, Nanteuil was also a painter. Unfortunately, most of his painted oeuvre has disappeared. For this reason, In the Forest is especially important as evidence of Nanteuil's painterly activity. It is also a reminder that he was a devotee of Barbizon, where, at the Auberge Ganne, he left a panel painted in collaboration with Théodore Rousseau (q.v.). Nanteuil received medals at the Salons of 1837, 1848, and 1861 and the Paris World Exhibition of 1867, and the following year he earned the cross of the Legion of Honor. In 1867 he became the director of the Dijon museum and that city's École des Beaux-Arts.
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measurements: Framed: 123.2 x 155.6 x 12.7 cm (48 1/2 x 61 1/4 x 5 in.); Unframed: 97 x 129.8 cm (38 3/16 x 51 1/8 in.)
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inscription: Signed lower left: célestin nanteuil / 1841
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1977
opening date: 1977-12-28T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Paris. Salon (1841), no. 1492, Intérieur de forêt.', 'opening_date': None}
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PROVENANCE
Private collection, France. Paris sale, Drouot room 4, 23 November 1973, Hubert Maringe Commissaire-priseur. Galerie André Watteau, Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland. Given to the CMA on 20 October 1977.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 207
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n227
Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 479-481, Vol. II, no. 167
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.125/1977.125_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.125/1977.125_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.125/1977.125_full.tif