Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX

Terracotta with pink patina, signed and dated ‘JBt. Carpeaux. 1872’.
Bears the seal with the imperial eagle and the stamp of the ‘atelier d’Auteuil’ « ATELIER DEPÔT 21 rue Boileau Auteuil Paris ».
Height: 15” (38 cm) – Width: 6 ¾” (17 cm) – Depth: 8 ½” (22 cm).
Circa 1872

Only 9 terracotta made between 1872 and 1875. Very rare in this good condition

Provenance : Former French private collection

Literature: M. Poletti et A. Richarme, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux sculpteur catalogue raisonné de l’ œuvre, Les Editions de l’Amateur, 2003. p. 81, model referenced under the number SE 5 and reproduced.