Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Alexandre Dumas Fils

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Alexandre Dumas Fils
Date1873
PlaceFrance
MediumBronze
Dimensions18 × 13 × 8 1/2 in. (45.7 × 33 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Francis Coates Memorial Fund
Object number73.171
Non exposé

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Inscribed on the side of the base: "all Sommo Pesierso / Alexandre Dumas fils / suo amico JB Carpeaux 1872 (?)"

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