Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Bust of the Imperial Prince

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Artist Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux(French, 1827–1875)French, 1827–1875

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

Exposé

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

SCULPTURE

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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