Shipwrecked — Constantin Emile Meunier. Shipwrecked, c. 1890. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

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Shipwrecked

by Constantin Emile Meunier

Inscriptions

Signed: B. VERBEYST.FONDEUR. / BRUXLLES. (rear lower edge of plinth); C. Meunier (in script on front left edge of boat stern)

Provenance

Celia Schmidt, Chicago, before 1977; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1977.

Publications

Sura Levine and Françoise Urban, Hommage à Constantin Meunier, 1831–1905 [Galerie Maurice Tzwern, 1998], pp. 62-63, no. 10.

Quick Overview

Artist: Constantin Emile Meunier (Belgian, 1831–1905)
Date: c. 1890
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 35.6 × 43.8 × 31.1 cm (14 × 17 1/4 × 12 1/4 in.)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: statuette
Style: Realism
Place: Belgium
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Bequest of Celia Schmidt
Accession no.: 1977.929

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Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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