Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010720Bust of a Chinese
About the Artwork
This bust is related to the allegorical figure of Asia in Carpeaux's monumental bronze fountain, The Four Parts of the World Upholding the Celestial Sphere, commissioned by Baron Haussmann in 1867 for the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. The figure was changed into a woman in the fountain and reflects the artist's interest in accurately portraying different ethnic groups. This bust exists in various sizes and media.
Inscriptions
inset into bust near base at rear is struck copper plate inscribed: "PROPRIETE CARPEAUX" with an eagle in the center.
Provenance
[Nathan Chaikin, Switzerland].
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875)
- Date
- 1867–68
- Medium
- plaster
- Dimensions
- Overall: 35.5 x 25.8 x 14.2 cm (14 x 10 3/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 1972.49
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