FR EN
1 / 12
a bronze statue of a woman leaning against a treebronze statue of a woman holding a bunch of grapes in her handsan image of a bronze statue of a woman holding a floweran antique bronze statue of a woman holding a basket of flowersbronze statue of a woman holding a child in her armsbronze statue of a woman holding a baby in her armsbronze statue of a man holding his head in his handsbronze statue of a man wrestling a woman on a marble basebronze statue of a dog with a ball in its mouth on a basea bronze statue of a dog with a ball in its moutha bronze statue of a dog on a pedestala metal object with a hole in it on a white surface
Featured lot selected by the auctions House.
Premium MARTIN-BANEL HOTEL DES VENTES DES CHEVAU-LEGERS - MB

185 - Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (1827–1875)
See original version (French)

Estimate €22,000 - €25,000
Sale commission
Description
Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (1827–1875) Eve and the Serpent or Eve Tempted (May 1874) Bronze with a richly nuanced brown patina, Height: 68.8 cm, Length: 25.7 cm, Depth: 23.8 cm Early proof signed and dated “JB Carpeaux, 1874”, titled “Eve Tentée”, stamped with the Imperial Eagle. Artist’s edition, stamped “Propriété Carpeaux”, one of the rare proofs from this period produced during the artist’s lifetime. Circa: 1874 EVE TEMPTED “In 1874, whilst convalescing at the home of his friend, the painter Bruno Chérier, Carpeaux worked on a depiction of Eve under the spell of a seductive demon. To achieve this, he reinterpreted the figure of Chloe from his group sculpture *Daphnis and Chloe* (1873), revealing her complete nudity. Carpeaux’s grace is fully evident in the interplay of her moving hands and her seemingly static yet subtly swaying hips. The naked body of ‘the first woman’ is imbued with a great sense of modernity, set against the rigidity of this flowering tree trunk, which is not unlike the classicism of Renaissance-era models. Bibliography: Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, *Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux: Sculptor, Catalogue Raisonné of Published Works*, Les Editions de l’Amateur, 2003. Page 82
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale JEWELLERY – SILVERWARE – FURNITURE & WORKS OF ART – RUGS
Auction location
Auction time 10/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
Ref. : 1523 - 5
Pictures credits:
contact the auction house
See original version (French)
You may also like