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Bacchante with laurels

Bacchante with laurels

Date: 1872

Exclusive sale at the Musée du Louvre bookshop, by appointment only.

€2,220

Characteristics

Dimensions :
H. 65 × L. 45 × P. 30
Museum :
Musée du Louvre
Theme :
Mythology
Maintenance :
Ne pas exposer à une source de chaleur directe. Nettoyage : chiffon doux et sec
Artist :
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875)
Art movement :
Empire
EAN :
3336727438817
Material :
Platre patinée à la main
Reference :
PF006027

The artist

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875)

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, son of a mason and a lacemaker from Valenciennes, built an exceptional destiny closely linked to the "imperial feast" of Napoleon III's reign. The one who stood out sharply in the artistic world of his time is also one of the most perfect incarnations of the cursed artist's romantic idea: by the brevity and dazzling nature of his career, concentrated over a period of fifteen years, by the violence and passion of relentless hard work on the subjects he chose or commissioned (the Pavillon de Flore du Louvre, La Danse pour l'opéra de Charles Garnier).