Le Printemps
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
(French, 1827–1875)
1874
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueStone; Marble
DimensionsOverall: 57.8 x 31.8 x 27.9cm (22 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 11in.)
Block (Dry mounted onto stone or wooden pedestal 1/4 pin): 121.9 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm (48 x 12 x 12 in.)
Block (Dry mounted onto stone or wooden pedestal 1/4 pin): 121.9 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm (48 x 12 x 12 in.)
Credit LineAnna Mitchell Richards Fund
Accession number37.1292
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1912, M. Raimbeaux, France [see note 1]. January 31, 1936, Harry A. Robinson Sale, Raynes Auction Gallery, NY, lot 33, sold to Arnold Seligmann, New York [see note 2]; 1937, sold by Seligmann to the MFA for $7500. (Accession Date: December 9, 1937)
Notes:
[1] According to correspondence in the MFA object file from December 6, 1937, the bust was exhibited at the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, from May 15 - June 15, 1912 under the catalogue number 139. The catalogue entry cites M. Raimbeaux as the owner.
[2] See letter from Robert C. Moeller, III, May 11, 1972, copy in MFA curatorial file.
Notes:
[1] According to correspondence in the MFA object file from December 6, 1937, the bust was exhibited at the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, from May 15 - June 15, 1912 under the catalogue number 139. The catalogue entry cites M. Raimbeaux as the owner.
[2] See letter from Robert C. Moeller, III, May 11, 1972, copy in MFA curatorial file.
late 14th century
