Nov 05, 2019 - Sale 2523

Sale 2523 - Lot 184

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
CÉLESTIN NANTEUIL
(Rome 1813-1873 Bourron-Marlotte)
Collection of approximately 50 drawings.

Mostly pencil on paper, with some color pencils on paper. Various sizes and conditions.

Nanteuil was a French painter, engraver and illustrator closely tied to the Romantic movement in France. He was born in Rome of French parents who were part of Joseph Bonaparte's entourage. He studied in Paris during the 1820s and then worked in the studio of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. In 1848, Nanteuil became Director of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris.

Property from the Eric Carlson Irrevocable Trust.