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The sculpture of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) epitomizes the elegance and frivolity of the Second Empire. Carpeaux executed the plaster model of Jeune pecheur à coquille in 1857 whilst in Rome at the French Academy. When it was unveiled a year later in Paris the critic Edmond About acclaimed it as 'one of the most remarkable works of modern times.' Posthumous editions of Carpeaux's work were produced by his family during the last quarter of the 19th century bearing the Propriété Carpeaux cachet.