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Le Printemps
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875)
French
19th century
1874
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Stone; Marble
Dimensions
Overall: 57.8 x 31.8 x 27.9cm (22 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 11in.)
Block (Dry mounted onto stone or wooden pedestal 1/4 pin): 121.9 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm (48 x 12 x 12 in.)
Block (Dry mounted onto stone or wooden 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 Number37.1292
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionMarble bust of young woman wearing a crown of flowers. Head turned toward right. Signed and dated: "J. Bte. Carpeaux, 1874. Three quarter life size.
Signed
J. Bte. Carpeaux
ProvenanceBy 1912, Firmin Rainbeaux (b. 1834 - d. 1916), Paris; by descent to his son, Félix Rainbeaux (b. 1866 – d. 1936), Paris [see note 1]; October 21, 1936, Félix Rainbeaux sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 47. 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.
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.