Hunter Surprised
1801 to 1825
Medium
lithograph
Dimensions
overall: 34.7 x 26.5 cm (13 11/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Accession Number
2002.57.31
Art Historical Context
Célestin Nanteuil's *Hunter Surprised*, a lithograph created between 1801 and 1825, captures a moment of dramatic tension in an early 19th-century print measuring 34.7 x 26.5 cm. Now housed in the National Gallery of Art's CG-E department as a generous gift from Frank Anderson Trapp, this work exemplifies Nanteuil's skill as a French artist renowned for his delicate, expressive lithography. Lithography, pioneered around 1798, revolutionized printmaking by allowing artists to draw directly on limestone with greasy crayon, producing nuanced tones and textures akin to painting. Nanteuil, active ...