Bust of a Chinese
1867–68
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Bust of a Chinese, 1867–68. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875). Plaster; overall: 35.5 x 25.8 x 14.2 cm (14 x 10 3/16 x 5 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1972.49 Greatly admired during his time, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux received important commissions from French Emperor Napoleon III and Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann.
- Maker/Artist
- Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- plaster
- Medium
- plaster
- Dimensions
- Overall: 35.5 x 25.8 x 14.2 cm (14 x 10 3/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: inset into bust near base at rear is struck copper plate inscribed: "PROPRIETE CARPEAUX" with an eagle in the center.
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1972.49
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1972, CMA 1973: "Year in Review 1972," Bulletin, LX (March 1973), repr. p. 81, cat. no. 8
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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