La Négresse, Workshop of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1872
La Négresse, 1872, French, Auteuil, Cast terracotta, Height: 24 in. (61 cm), Sculpture, Workshop of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, Valenciennes 1827–1875 Courbevoie), The bust follows Carpeaux's model of a young African woman, one of the figures representing the four parts of the world that support the globe of the Fountain of the Observatory in Paris, commissioned in 1867 and inaugurated in 1874
Size: 3871px × 4838px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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