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Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX
( 1827 - 1875 )

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L'ESPIÈGLE

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Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX
( 1827 - 1875 )

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L'ESPIÈGLE

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Marble
Back of the bust carved with vermicular sillons on polished cut angles. 
H : 52,6 cm L. 24,7 cm D. 27,3 cm 
Signed "JB Carpeaux" and carved in 1871 with "accepted half account" (shared benefits) in the Barbedienne studios. 
Carved and sold in 1871 
Barbedienne accounts | 1871 : 
"Carpeaux got first 1.000 Frs "for the composition and cares about the bust" then 348,5 Frs as "benefices part for the sale of L’Espiègle bust 
sold at 2.800 Frs".
Marble block sale could be counted at 200 Frs.
Amounts for practioneers at 771 Frs." 

Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX