Lot Essay
Le Rieur au pampres relates to both the head of L'Enfant à la coquille and Rieur Napolitaine. The model was conceived in 1873 as a pendant for La Rieuse aux roses.
Property from a
PRIVATE MIDWESTERN COLLECTION
Jean Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827-1875)
Details
Jean Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827-1875)
'Le Rieur aux pampres', A Marble Bust
signed 'J.B TE CARPEAUX 187 '
20½in. (52cm.) high, on antico giallo marble base
'Le Rieur aux pampres', A Marble Bust
signed 'J.B TE CARPEAUX 187 '
20½in. (52cm.) high, on antico giallo marble base
Literature
Direction des Musées de Nice, Jean Baptiste Carpeaux: 1827-1875, (exhibition catalogue), 1980, cat. nos. 81, 82