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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
French, 1827–1875
Head of the Virgin
1864

Image Caption

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Head of the Virgin, 1864, bronze. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1016
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
13 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (34.3 x 26.1 x 27 cm)
Object Number
1955.1016
Acquisition
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status
Off View

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Nice: Musée des Ponchettes.. J.-B. Carpeaux 1827-1875.. 1956.. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Five, Supplement: South Gallery. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1959. Anonymous. "La Chronique des Arts." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 63, no. 1164 (supplement, February 1964): 1–16. Radcliffe, Anthony. Maestri della Sculptura: Carpeaux. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri. 1966. Paris: Grand Palais.. Sur les traces de Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.. March 11-May 5, 1975.. Lovett, Jennifer. A Romance with Realism: The Art of Jean Baptiste Carpeaux. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine CLark Art Institute, 1989.