Artist: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Date: 1873
Size: 81 x 40 cm
Museum: Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, United States)
Technique: Sculpture
In 1873, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux served on the jury for a competition sponsored by the French newspaper Le Figaro, reviewing proposals for sculpture that would decorate its new building. Inspired by the project, Carpeaux created his own figure of Figaro, the witty and ingenious character of eighteenth-century comedy and opera. The graceful attitude of this figure is characteristic of Carpeaux
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