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224 - Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (1827–1875)
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Estimate €10,000 - €15,000
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Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (1827–1875) Bronze figure depicting ‘The Fisherman with the Shell No. 1’. Signed ‘Carpeaux’ on the front right on the terrace, with the stamp ‘PROPRIÉTÉ CARPEAUX’ featuring the Imperial Eagle on the side; resting on a wooden plinth covered in red velvet. Height: 91 cm Provenance: Private collection. Comparative bibliography: M. Poletti and A. Richarme, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux: Sculptor, Catalogue Raisonné of Published Works, Paris, 2003, p. 63, no. SA 9. Carpeaux studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and won the Prix de Rome in 1854. Inspired by the great master sculptors of the Italian Renaissance and influenced by his teacher François Rude (1784–1855), he settled in Rome in 1854, where he worked until 1861. In 1857, whilst a student in Rome, Carpeaux produced a plaster model entitled ‘Neapolitan Fisherman with a Shell’, a subject that is today undoubtedly one of the most iconic in his oeuvre. Carpeaux is said to have drawn inspiration from a young fisherman he had observed on the beach at Naples in 1856. He was also inspired by similar figures created by his masters: ‘The Young Neapolitan Fisherman Playing with a Turtle’ by François Rude, exhibited at the 1831 Salon, and ‘Young Fisherman Dancing the Tarantella (Souvenir of Naples)’ by Francisque-Joseph Duret, exhibited at the 1833 Salon, as well as several famous ancient sculptures which the artist must have discovered during his stay in Italy. First exhibited at the 1858 Salon, this original plaster cast is now in the Musée d’Orsay (ChB 285). A few years later, he sculpted the marble version which was exhibited at the 1863 Salon. This same work was acquired by Napoleon III for his wife, Empress Eugénie, and is now in the Petit Palais in Paris. Another marble version is held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, USA. This bronze is the largest of the four sizes produced; it bears the stamp ‘PROPRIÉTÉ CARPEAUX ’ with the Imperial Eagle, indicating that it was issued posthumously by the Carpeaux family and is therefore prior to 1914, the date on which Susse Frères acquired the exclusive rights to Carpeaux’s designs.
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