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Impression of Amélie de Montfort

ca. 1867–69
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 099
Rapidly sketched, the model delivers the basics of the master’s intense attachment to his fiancée, a young aristocrat, first glimpsed at a ball. The marriage took place in 1869 but soon soured owing to his morbid, irrational suspicions of infidelity on her part.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Impression of Amélie de Montfort
  • Artist: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, Valenciennes 1827–1875 Courbevoie)
  • Date: ca. 1867–69
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 7 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (19.4 × 8.3 × 8.9 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, 1989
  • Object Number: 1989.289.2
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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