Célestin Nanteuil, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Célestin Nanteuil

French painter, engraver and illustrator

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1813

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 06-Sep-1873

Profession: illustrator, painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Célestin-François Nanteuil-Lebœuf, known as Célestin Nanteuil, (11 July 1813 – 6 September 1873) was a French painter, engraver and illustrator closely tied to the Romantic movement in France.
He was born in Rome of French parents who were part of Joseph Bonaparte's entourage.
Nanteuil entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1827, where he studied under Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois, and then worked in the studio of Dominique Ingres.
In 1848, he was made Director of Académie des beaux-arts and later became the curator of the Musée des beaux-arts in Dijon.
He died in Bourron-Marlotte at the age of 60.
His elder brother, Charles-François, was a noted sculptor who won the Prix de Rome in 1817.



Alternative names	legal name: Gaspard-Félix Tournachon pseudonym: Nadar
Description	French photographer, caricaturist, writer and balloonist
Date of birth/death	6 April 1820	20 March 1910 / 21 March 1910
Location of birth/death	Paris	former 4th arrondissement of Paris
Work period	1854–1910
Work location	Paris
Authority control	: Q40116 VIAF: 84808952 ISNI: 0000 0001 2141 8535 ULAN: 500005199 LCCN: n50014563 NLA: 35553829 WorldCat