Nude bust of a girl playing chess (Les Echecs) (one of a pair of designs for the lids of playing cards or chessmen)
Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier
late 19th century
Medium
Bronze, cast
Dimensions
3 1/4 × 5 5/16 in. (8.3 × 13.5 cm)
Classification
Medals and Plaquettes
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Victor D. Brenner, 1903
Accession Number
03.7.13
Tags
GirlsChessPlayingInsignia
About the Artist
Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier · 1856–1909
Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier (1856–1909) was a French sculptor, medallist, and decorative artist who became an important figure in the Art Nouveau movement. Born in Paris, he trained at the École des Beaux-Arts and early in his career established a reputation as a skilled sculptor and medallist, winning the Prix de Rome in engraving in 1881. Charpentier became a leading practitioner of the a...