Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) - Lot 55

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) Inkwell after the Rieur napolitain n°3 Bronze with light brown patina Marked "PROPRIETE CARPEAUX" and stamped with the imperial eagle H. 25 cm Related work: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Le Rieur napolitain, plaster, H. 53 cm, Valenciennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. 98.26.9 Related literature : -Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, sculpteur. Catalog raisonné de l'œuvre édité, Paris, Les Expressions contemporaines, 2003, model listed under n°BU 45, p. 146. In 1863, for the model of this Neapolitan Laugher, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux adapted his Pêcheur à la coquille (Fisherman with a Shell), created in Rome in 1857. The work was inspired by the memory of a young boy he had met on a Neapolitan beach a year earlier. The terracotta edition of this bust was produced by the sculptor's studio between 1868 and 1874. Due to its commercial success, it was continued by the family after the artist's death, and finally by Susse from 1920 onwards.