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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

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Dusky painting of a moonlit sky over dark rooftops and a chimney silhouette along a low horizon.

Crépuscule, effet de lune

1850

Oil painting of a bearded man's head tilted upward against a dark background, with a draped yellow garment.

Tête de supplicié

Dim forest interior in loose green brushwork, with a small seated figure in the lower left beneath tall trees.

Solitude, la forêt

1850

Loose brown and grey seascape with white surf breaking on a shore, a dark animal in the foreground, and an overcast sky.

Seascape

Pen and ink drawing of crowded nude souls and a ferryman around a boat with a sail, by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.

Charon and the Souls of the Dead

c. 1858

Female Head

1860

Ink and wash drawing of three men seated around a table playing cards, with a candle at the center, on grey paper.

The card game

1875

Ink and wash study of a seated bearded man and nude children on a pedestal, a sculptural group by Carpeaux, 1860.

Study for the Sculpture Ugolino and His Children

1860

Studies of Horses (after the Elgin marbles)

1871

Ink and grey wash drawing of a woman with curly hair and hoop earrings, bare-shouldered and draped in cloth, turned to the si

Study related to "Why Born Enslaved!"

1868-75

Pen and ink sketch on blue paper of a tavern scene with men gathered around a singer raising his arm.

Scene in a Tavern at Civita Vecchia

1858

Graphite sketch on brown paper of a hunched, bowed seated man with head lowered and arms drawn close to the body.

Study for Ugolino

19th century

Pencil study of an intertwined group of figures within an arched niche, drawn in loose overlapping strokes on paper.

Study for the Ugolino Group

19th century

Pen and wash drawing of tangled galloping horses and riders at the start of a race in Rome, 1860.

Start of the Race of the Barberi Horses, Rome

1860

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a wooded landscape with tall trees and sunlight on the ground, on grey paper.

Landscape with Trees

n.d.

Charcoal study of a bearded man's head turned to the side with eyes lowered, on grey paper.

Head of a Man

n.d.

Charcoal and white chalk sketch on brown paper of a reclining figure on a bed with a standing figure beside it in a dim inter

Deathbed Scene

n.d.

Ink and pencil sketches on tan paper: a standing man with folded arms and wide hat, beside faint studies of a group of figure

Two Sketches: Standing Man with Arms Folded and Group of Figures

n.d.

Pencil sketch of a winged figure and a draped standing figure with loose contour lines on pale paper.

Study

1864/65

Black chalk and white heightening sketch of a nude female figure with outstretched arms and drapery on gray paper.

Allegory of France (La France sous les traits d'une nymph), study for France Enlightening the World and Protecting Ag…

1863

Etching of a muscular nude man seated and hunched forward, head bowed, against dark hatched shadow, with small sketched heads

Ugolino

1860