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La Rieuse aux Roses

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875)
French
19th century
1873
Object Place: France

Medium/Technique Stone; marble
Dimensions Overall: 55.2 x 31.1 x 25.4cm (21 3/4 x 12 1/4 x 10in.)
Mount (Dry mounted onto wooden or stone pedestal 1/4" pin): 121.9 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm (48 x 12 x 12 in.)
Credit Line Anna Mitchell Richards Fund
Accession Number37.1291
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionHead of a young woman in white marble. Smiling, head turned toward left shoulder. Wreath of roses around hair and decorating top of dress. Bust signed and dated: "J. Bte Carpeaux, 1873". Three quarter life-size.
Signed J. Bte Carpeaux, 1873
ProvenanceBy 1912, Émile Chouanard (b. 1861 – d. 1930), Paris [see note 1]. By 1936, Félix Rainbeaux (b. 1866 – d. 1936), Paris; October 21, 1936, Félix Rainbeaux sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 46. 1937, sold by Arnold Seligmann Rey and Co., New York to the MFA for $7500. (Accession Date: December 9, 1937)

NOTES:
[1] He lent the sculpture to the “Expositions des Oeuvres de Carpeaux et de Ricard” (Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, May 15 – June 15, 1912), cat. no. 138.