Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

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Description

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Bacchante aux roses
signed: JB. Carpeaux stamped: JP for Jules Costamier and with the PROPRIETE CARPEAUX and eagle stamps
bronze, dark brown patina with gold tones, on a painted wood socle

Catalogue Note

The model for the present bust was taken from the famous group La Danse for the Opéra Garnier in Paris. This cast was finished by Carpeaux' chef d'atelier Jules Costamier and therefore dates to circa 1875.

RELATED LITERATURE
M. Poletti and A. Richarme, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux sculpteur. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre édité, Paris, 2003, p. 107, no. BU 5