Intertwined figures

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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (Valenciennes 1827-1875 Courbevoie)
Intertwined figures
charcoal on brown paper
11¾ x 10 in. (29.7 x 25.4 cm.); and Studies for a sculpted group of Neptune and Amphitrite, French School, 19th Century
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Provenance

The artist's studio stamp (L. 500).

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Lot Essay

Possibly a study for the Monument to Maréchal de Moncey for which there is a plaster dating from 1864 at the Petit Palais, Paris (The passions of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, exh. cat. New York, Metropolitan Museum and Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 2014, no. 101, ill. p. 181).

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