Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) - Lot 56

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) Bust of the Imperial Prince n°1 Brown patina bronze Titled "S.A. / LE PRINCE / IMPERIAL" on the front Inscribed "Souvenir au / Dr Danet" on the back Numbered "3012" in a cartouche H. 32 cm 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 10, p. 111. Back from Rome, where he continued his training as a sculptor from 1856 to 1862, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux became Napoleon III's appointed sculptor. This position entailed major official commissions, as well as more intimate ones. Such was the case in 1865, when the imperial couple commissioned Carpeaux to create two portraits, one full-length and the other bust, of their son, Eugène-Louis Napoléon, just eight years old. This double creation lasted from April to July of the same year, when the sculptor had the honor of taking up residence in a studio created for the occasion in the Orangerie des Tuileries.