Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Bust of the Imperial Prince

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Bust of the Imperial Prince
Date1865
MediumPlaster
DimensionsOverall: 25 × 14 × 11 in. (63.5 × 35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mindy and Jeffery D. Hildebrand, Marjorie G. Horning, Mrs. Aggie Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Tudor, Birgitt van Wijk, Lynn Wyatt, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy J. Younger, George S. Heyer, Jr., and F. Richard Drake
Object number2013.245
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
220 McNair Gallery
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Object Type
Provenance[Galerie Jacques Fischer, Paris, by 2013]; purchased by MFAH, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
incised on the right side of the pedestal: J.CARPEAUX / TUILERIES PAQUES 1865
incised on the front of the pedestal: S.A. / LE PRINCE / IMPERIAL; left side of the pedestal: DEPOT / FAUBOURG ST HONORE 235 [above this inscription is a small oval metal stamp of ownership]

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