Napoleon At St. Helena

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Object Details

Artist
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French, b. Valenciennes, 1827–1875
Date
(1873-1875)
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
8 1/8 X 7 3/8 X 5 1/8 IN. (20.6 X 18.6 X 13.1 CM.)
Collection Object Type
Sculpture
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number
66.825

Feuillard, Paris, to June 1964
Mallett at Bourdon House, London, June 1964 - mid-1965
Wildenstein, New York, by December 1965-14 January 1966
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 14 January-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
MALLETT AT BOURDON HOUSE, London. "Sculptures and Sketches by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux," 24 May-12 June 1965, no. 17.
WILDENSTEIN, New York. "Carpeaux," 7 December 1965-15 January 1966, no. 16.
OKLAHOMA MUSEUM OF ART, Oklahoma City. "Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 9 August 1984-9 August 1985.

T. H. "Carpeaux: A Master of the Second Empire," Apollo (June 1965), p. 490, no. 3, ill.
LA FARGE, HENRY A. "Reviews and Previews: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux," Art News 64 (January 1966), p. 11, ill. p. 10.

Signature
Incised On Base LL Behind Figure's Right Leg: Carpeaux
Inscriptions
Not DatedNo Inscriptions

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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