This is a drawing of a group of people inside a rustic and dimly-lit interior setting. The scene is centered around a figure in armor standing near a bubbling cauldron, with various individuals seated and engaged in different activities around the room. The environment is packed with rustic details such as wooden beams, shelves filled with objects, and earthy textures dominating the space. The light source appears to be the cauldron, casting shadows that emphasize the expressions and posture of the characters. The composition leads the viewer's eye in a circular motion around the central figure, revealed in detail through shading and texture.
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This is a drawing of a group of people inside a rustic and dimly-lit interior setting. The scene is centered around a figure in armor standing near a bubbling cauldron, with various individuals seated and engaged in different activities around the room. The environment is packed with rustic details such as wooden beams, shelves filled with objects, and earthy textures dominating the space. The light source appears to be the cauldron, casting shadows that emphasize the expressions and posture of the characters. The composition leads the viewer's eye in a circular motion around the central figure, revealed in detail through shading and texture.

National Gallery of Art · Print

...il tomo sus simples...

Célestin Nanteuil

Date
c. 1855
Medium
color lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 21.4 x 30.8 cm (8 7/16 x 12 1/8 in.) sheet: 30.8 x 43.8 cm (12 1/8 x 17 1/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2004.128.54
Credit line
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
Don Quijote de la Mancha

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Seated figure
  • interior
  • architecture
  • Forest
  • Figures
  • pottery
Provenance

Frank Anderson Trapp [1922-2005], Amherst, MA; gift to NGA, 2004.

Inscription

upper center: DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA.; lower left: Célestin Nanteuil dibo. y lito; lower right: Lit. de J. J. Martinez, Desengaño 10 Madrid; lower center: ...il tomo sus simples...

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