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Carpeaux produced three different versions of l\u2019Esp\u00e9rance<\/em>. Probably with a view to making a statue of Joan of Arc, the sculptor first considered a half-length figure including arms, hands clasped, entitled La Pri\u00e8re<\/em>, the original plaster of which is in the Mus\u00e9e du Petit Palais (Inv. PPS1542). A second version, signed and dated 1869, shows l’Esp\u00e9rance <\/em>looking upwards, her hair tied and braided forming two buns behind her ears (marble, Ochse Collection). In the last variant, ours, l’Esperance <\/em>wears her hair in long curls, a crown of lilies around her head. The original plaster cast is now at the Glyptothek in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

The Carpeaux sales of 1872-1874 included a total of 6 marbles of this subject, among them a sculpture signed and dated 1869, offered in the atelier sale of December 20, 1873. Our marble is therefore an extremely rare example made during the artist’s lifetime. A similar example, also signed and dated 1873, was sold at the Fabius Fr\u00e8res Collection sale in October 2011.<\/p>\n

In her book devoted to the work of her illustrious father, Louise-Cl\u00e9ment Carpeaux relates that \u201cto decide more surely on the movement of this figure and the luminous gaze raised towards the sky, he established a first study including the torso and arms\u201d (opus cit., page 209). What is striking about this marble, apart from its expressive quality, is the playful plasticity of the hair and forms, which give the impression of having been carved with a chisel or file.<\/p>\n

Carpeaux, who was engaged to Am\u00e9lie de Montfort at the time, probably took inspiration from her to create this strikingly similar-looking bust.<\/p>\n

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Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX<\/span><\/h1>\n

White marble, signed and dated \u201cJBte CARPEAUX 1873\u201d.
\nH. 22\u201d x W. 14\u201d x D. 12 \u00bc\u201d
\nExecuted in 1873<\/p>\n

Bibliography: Louise-Cl\u00e9ment Carpeaux, La v\u00e9rit\u00e9 sur l’\u0153uvre et la vie de J._B. Carpeaux (1827-1875)<\/em>, Volume 1, Paris 1934; Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux sculpteur, catalogue<\/em> raisonn\u00e9 de l’\u0153uvre \u00e9dit\u00e9<\/em>, Paris, 2003, p. 128, terracotta model referenced under no. BU 28 and reproduced.<\/p>\n

SOLD<\/strong><\/p>\n

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