Woman by the Sea with the Madonna, Pointing to a Ship
ca. 1848–62
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 1/16 × 10 11/16 in. (35.7 × 27.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection. The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.21.58
Art Historical Context
In the mid-19th century, artists like Célestin Nante (1813–1873), a skilled lithographer known for his delicate landscapes and figurative scenes, captured the poetic interplay of human emotion and nature. This lithograph, *Woman by the Sea with the Madonna, Pointing to Ship* (ca. 1848–62), printed in Paris by Bertauts and P. Cadet, evokes a moment of quiet drama along the shoreline. A woman stands with the protective figure of the Madonna, her gesture directing attention to a distant ship—perhaps symbolizing departure, longing, or divine safeguarding during an era of maritime exploration and p...
About the Artist
Bertauts, P. Cadet, Paris|Célestin Nanteuil (French|French) · |1813 – |1873
|French (born Italy), Rome 1813–1873 Bourron-Marlotte