Detail View: The AMICA Library: Intérieur de forêt
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1977.125
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Nanteuil, Célestin François
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1813 - 1873
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Célestin Nanteuil
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Title:
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Forest Interior
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Title:
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Intérieur de forêt
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Title Type:
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Primary
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Title Type:
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Foreign
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1841
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Creation Start Date:
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1841
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Creation End Date:
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1841
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Materials and Techniques:
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oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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Unframed: 97cm x 129.8cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1977.125
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
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Inscriptions:
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Signed lower left: "CÉLESTIN NANTEUIL / 1841
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Rights:
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Context:
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This painting mixes two interests of French art during the early 1800s: classical mythology and the close observation of nature. Thus, a satyr (a woodland creature, half-man and half-goat) plays his pipes in an intensely lit and carefully rendered landscape.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1977.125.tif
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