Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) The Fisherman... Lot 68

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) The Fisherman with a shell n°3 Bronze with brown patina Bears the stamp " Propriété Carpeaux ", surmounted by the initials " JP ". H. 34,5 cm Wear to the patina Related work : -Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, The Neapolitan Fisherman, 1857, first proof in patinated plaster, H. 89, 5 cm, Valenciennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. S.90.10. Related literature: -Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, sculpteur. Catalog raisonné de l'oeuvre édité, Les Expressions contemporaines, 2003, model listed under n°SA 10 p. 64. Inspired to the artist by a young Neapolitan crossed on the beach of Naples in 1856, this iconic work of Carpeaux is also a tribute to his teachers Rude and Duret who also treated the subject in the 1830s. Our bronze copy, edited by the family, is of very high quality.