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...dieron con Sancho en el suelo y lo mismo le avinó d D. Quixote... was painted by Célestin Nanteuil in 1855.

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...dieron con Sancho en el suelo y lo mismo le avinó d D. Quixote... is associated with Impressionism.

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...dieron con Sancho en el suelo y lo mismo le avinó d D. Quixote...

Célestin Nanteuil , 1855

...dieron con Sancho en el suelo y lo mismo le avinó d D. Quixote... is an ink print by the Impressionist artist Célestin Nanteuil. It dates from 1855 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. Created circa 1855, this color lithograph on wove paper presents a moment from Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote.

Inscription: Inscribed:upper center: DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA; lower left: Célestin Nanteuil dibo y lit; lower right: Lith de J J. Martinez, Desengaño 10, Madrid; lower center: ...dieron con Sancho en el suelo y lo mismo le avinó a D. Quijote...; by later hand, lower center in graphite: avec Sandro ils tombirient sur le sol

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Overview

Created circa 1855, this color lithograph on wove paper presents a moment from Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote. The French artist Célestin Nanteuil, known for his work in painting, engraving and illustration, rendered the scene in a single sheet that combines narrative drama with the Romantic era’s emphasis on emotion and movement.

Subject & Meaning

The image captures two figures collapsed on a rocky landscape beneath a towering windmill, a direct visual reference to the novel’s famous episode in which the deluded Don Quixote attacks imagined giants. The exhausted posture of one man and the frustrated expression of the other convey the futility and comic tragedy inherent in the knight‑errant’s misadventure.

Technique & Style

Nanteuil’s handling of color is restrained, allowing the tonal contrasts of the rocky ground, windmill and cloudy sky to define space.

Executed in lithography, the work employs a smooth, sketch‑like line that suggests rapid, gestural drawing. Nanteuil’s handling of color is restrained, allowing the tonal contrasts of the rocky ground, windmill and cloudy sky to define space. The lithographic process, which transfers a drawn image from stone or metal to paper, enables the delicate shading and subtle tonal variations evident in the composition.

History & Provenance

Célestin Nanteuil (1813‑1885) trained at the École des Beaux‑Arts under Eustache‑Hyacinthe Langlois and the classicist Dominique Ingres before aligning with the Romantic movement. This particular print, produced in the mid‑nineteenth century, reflects his dual role as illustrator for literary works and as a practitioner of the emerging print technologies of his time.

Dijolé D. Quijote: sancho amigo, la noche se nos va entrando..., Célestin Nanteuil

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Célestin Nanteuil

Célestin-François Nanteuil-Lebœuf, known as Célestin Nanteuil (French pronunciation: ; 11 July 1813 – 6 September 1873), was a French painter, engraver and illustrator closely tied to the Romantic movement in France.