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Célestin François Nanteuil

Seated Man and Woman

c. 1830–60
pen and brown ink, watercolor and scoring (recto), pen and brown ink (verso) on medium weight wove paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Nanteuil was close friends with the writer and artist Victor Hugo, who influenced his work.

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