CAST FROM THE MODEL BY JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX (1827-1875), SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Carpeaux's original bronze bust carried the inscription 'A mon ami Beauvois. B. Carpeaux, Valenciennes, 1862. Non ultimato' and was cast by Victor Thiebaud who ran the family foundry from 1851-1870. It was purchased by M. Foucart at the sale of Beauvois' estate in 1879 and given to the Louvre in 1884. The plaster model was exhibited a number of times, firstly at the Exposition Universelle of 1867 and lastly at the Exposition centennale de l'art Français in 1900 (no.1505). Beauvois was a prominent notary in Valenciennes.