Célestin Nanteuil (1813–1873) was a painter, engraver and illustrator who was closely tied to the Romantic movement in France. He was born in Rome of French parents who were part of Joseph Bonaparte's entourage. He 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. Nanteuil illustrated novels by Victor Hugo, Dumas and Théophile Gautier. His elder brother, Charles-François, was a noted sculptor who won the Prix de Rome in 1817.
Célestin Nanteuil's prints can be found in the collections of the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
