Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875)
Bust of Jean-Léon Gérome (1824-1904)
After 1871 Patinated plaster
Titled "GEROME" in a cartouche on the pedestal Carries an illegible inscription on the left side of the pedestal
of the pedestal "Al sommo / Pittore Gérôme / London 1871
H. 61 x W. 26 x D. 24 cm
At the beginning of 1871, in a few poses, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux immortalized the figure of his friend, the painter Jean-Léon Gérôme, both of whom were in exile in England at the time to escape the troubles of the Commune in Paris. Admiring his friend's work, the painter wrote to Édouard-Dé- siré Fromentin in 1878: "From the first sitting, the work was so well in place, so well constructed, so accurate, that it was already strikingly true. The bronze version presented at the Salon of 1872 aroused the enthusiasm of the critics, who praised the figure's realistic and romantic character, particularly thanks to the treatment of the hair and the cut of the bust.
Related work:
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Bust of Jean-Léon Gérôme, after 1871, patinated plaster, H. 61 x W. 26 x D. 24 cm, Paris, Petit Palais, PPS948.
Related literature:
- Edouard Papet, James David Drapper, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875), un sculpteur pour l'empire, Paris, Co-edition Musée d'Orsay/Gallimard, 2014, models listed under nos. 154 and 155 ;
- Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, sculpteur. Catalog raisonné de l'œuvre édité, Paris, Les Expressions contemporaines, 2003, model listed under No. BU 32, p. 134.
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