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    Museum collections / The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Boy crying by Jean Baptiste Carpeaux
    Jean Baptiste Carpeaux. Boy crying, 1870–72. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00016797

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    Boy crying

    by Jean Baptiste Carpeaux

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, Valenciennes 1827–1875 Courbevoie)
    Date
    1870–72
    Medium
    Cast terracotta
    Dimensions
    Height: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
    Type
    Sculpture
    Classification
    Sculpture
    Department
    European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
    Credit line
    Gift of Eugene Victor Thaw, 1988
    Accession no.
    1988.288.2

    Provenance

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

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    Open-access museum data

    This record comes from the open-access collection data that the Metropolitan Museum of Art publishes for unrestricted use (Creative Commons Zero). Art Trackers shows a selection of the museum's published fields. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is not an Art Trackers client and has not reviewed or endorsed this page; the museum's own website is the authoritative record.

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    Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

    Open-access museum record · AT-00016797

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