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Model for the Watteau Fountain

ca. 1867–68
Not on view
This cast was executed after a terracotta model for the monument to the painter Antoine Watteau at Valenciennes.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Model for the Watteau Fountain
  • Artist: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, Valenciennes 1827–1875 Courbevoie)
  • Date: ca. 1867–68
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Patinated plaster
  • Dimensions: 30 1/8 × 23 1/8 in. (76.5 × 58.7 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Yulla Lipchitz, 1991
  • Object Number: 1991.64
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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