Napoleon on St. Helena
c. 1860–1870
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Napoleon on St. Helena, c. 1860–1870. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875). Bronze; overall: 21.6 x 18.6 x 12.2 cm (8 1/2 x 7 5/16 x 4 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Loïe Fuller 1917.371
- Maker/Artist
- Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 21.6 x 18.6 x 12.2 cm (8 1/2 x 7 5/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Carpeaux, probably in the wax model, left of Napoleon's foot; on back, an inscription, perhaps the foundry name, has been obliterated with tool marks.
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1917.371
- Credit Line
- Gift of Loïe Fuller
- Exhibitions
- The Lost Wax Process, Loïe Fuller, Rodin and His Contemporaries, Williamstown, MA, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, May 7-August 27, 1989: A Romance with Realism: The Art of Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, cat. #34, p. 41, repr.<br>Also to: Brunswick, ME, The Bowdoin College Museum of Art, October 12-December 17, 1989
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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