Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux at Work
Bourdelle modeled two monuments to famous French nineteenth-century sculptors, this one to Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827–75) and the other to Auguste Rodin (1840–1917).
Artwork Details
- Title: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux at Work
- Artist: Antoine-Emile Bourdelle (French, Montauban 1861–1929 Vésinet)
- Founder: Cast by Alexis Rudier (French)
- Date: modeled ca. 1908–9
- Culture: French
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: Overall: 98 5/16 × 42 × 29 in. (249.8 × 106.7 × 73.7 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. B. Gerald Cantor, 1983
- Object Number: 1983.562
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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