Night; vignette of girl in 18th century costume picking roses on verso
ca. 1830–65
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 1/2 in. (35 × 26.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of A. Hyatt Mayor, 1966
Accession Number
66.742a,b
Tags
Art Historical Context
This charming lithograph, titled *Night; vignette of girl 18th century costume roses on verso*, was created around 1830–65 by French artist Célestin Nanteuil, with printing by Bertauts and P. Cadet in. Nanteuil, a master of Romantic lithography, captured evocative scenes blending fantasy and nostalgia. Produced during France's Romantic era, when printmaking flourished as an accessible art form, this sheet measures 13¾ × 10½ inches and now resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, thanks to a 1966 gift from A. Hyatt Mayor. The recto depicts "Night," likely fea...
About the Artist
Bertauts, P. Cadet, Paris|Célestin Nanteuil (French|French) · |1813 – |1873
|French (born Italy), Rome 1813–1873 Bourron-Marlotte