Study for Ugolino
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
19th century
Medium
black chalk on brownish paper
Dimensions
4 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (10.8 x 14.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Daniel Wildenstein, 1975
Accession Number
1975.98.2
Tags
Men
About the Artist
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux · 1827–1875
Carpeaux's exuberant work was a decisive break from Neoclassical art. He won the Prix de Rome in 1854 and received many portrait bust commissions from the court. His most famous sculpture group is 'La Danse' (1869) made for the Paris Opéra. So bold is its message of bacchanalian revelry that it was vandalized in protest. French artist.