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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

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Dark painted sketch of struggling figures in a shadowy battle scene, with a raised arm above the crowd.

Allégorie politique avec portrait de Victor Hugo [ou Scène de combat]

1866

Dark painting of a seated woman in blue holding an infant, with a kneeling figure at right and foliage above.

L'Adoration des bergers

Loose, dark still life painting of a flower bouquet with white lily of the valley and a red bloom in a glass vase.

Bouquet de fleurs au muguet

1874

Loose oil sketch of a standing nude woman against a dark background, with a small seated figure in the upper right.

Femme nue (étude)

1868

Oil sketch of a shadowed narrow street with old buildings, a dome, and a pale turquoise sky.

Une rue

1862

Dim church interior with a glowing priest at the altar rail and dark silhouetted worshippers in the foreground.

La Communion

1860

Loose oil sketch of a mounted rider in white leading a crowd through a procession, with a dark architectural backdrop and red

Entrée triomphale d'Henri IV à Paris, d'après Rubens

1858

Painting of a winding river at dusk, with wooded hills and a pale glowing sky in soft green and brown tones.

Rivière, Italie

1862

Small oil sketch of a river under a dusk sky with orange clouds, dark wooded banks and light reflected on the water.

Effet de ciel sur une rivière

Loose oil painting of a wildflower bouquet with red poppies, white daisies and blue cornflowers against a dark background.

Fleurs des champs (Coquelicot, marguerite et bleuet)

1874

Dark portrait of a young child's head with pale brushed highlights, surrounded by sprigs of leaves and small flowers.

Portrait de Charles Carpeaux à trois ans

1873

Oil sketch of Rome's rooftops and a domed church along the Tiber river at evening, with a small boat on the water.

Le Tibre à Rome

1862

Unfinished oil portrait of a seated woman in a loose white garment against a dark background, painted in loose brushwork.

Madame Carpeaux en déshabillé

1874

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a dark headscarf, head bowed, one hand raised to her temple against a dark background.

Tête de vieille femme italienne, dite Mère de la Palombella

1858

Dim studio scene of a painter in a red jacket at an easel, with a palette and a pale plaster bust behind him.

Carpeaux en veston rouge peignant dans son atelier

1865

Loosely painted nude couple embracing, one whispering to the other, in warm ochre and brown tones against a dark ground.

La confidence

1873

Dark painting of a pale reclining figure surrounded by hovering figures, lit by a single candle in the shadows.

Scène d'accouchement

1870

Painting of Venus standing nude beside seated Mercury in a winged helmet, with Cupid at his knee, on a dark background.

Mercure, Vénus et l'Amour, d'après Corrège

1873

Dark, loosely painted forest scene with a small seated figure among green undergrowth and tree trunks.

Solitude, la forêt

1875

Dark moonlit painting of dusk clouds over low buildings and a small silhouetted figure on a shore.

Crépuscule, effet de lune

1875

Sketchy oil painting of a ship wrecked in stormy waves near a lighthouse, with figures on the shore gesturing.

Naufrage dans le port de Dieppe

1873

Painted self-portrait of a bearded older man with a bald crown against a dark, swirling background.

Autoportrait

1874

Dark painted allegory of crowded figures in shadow, with a raised arm and a pale portrait head at the center.

Allégorie politique avec portrait de Victor Hugo

1866

Loose painting of a woman in a blue cloak and white ruffled dress walking through a crowded street with trees and passersby.

Street Scene

Loose oil sketch of a globe on a stone pedestal beside water, with autumn trees and a building under a pale sky.

Quatre Parties du Monde, Fontaine de l'Observatoire (Study for the Four Parts of the World, Fountain of the Observato…

1867

Painting of Venus, Mercury with winged helmet, and Cupid against a dark brown background.

Mercure, Vénus et l'Amour, d'après Corrège

1871

Loose sketch of a seated woman in a white dressing gown against a dark background, face turned slightly downward.

Madame Carpeaux en déshabillé

1873

Painting of an elderly woman in a dark headscarf with her hand raised to her head, lit from one side against a dark backgroun

Tête de vieille femme italienne, dite Mère de la Palombella

1856

Painting of Roman buildings and domes beside the Tiber, lit warm gold, with small boats on reflective water under a hazy sky.

Le Tibre à Rome

1856

Painting of a winding river beneath rolling hills and a pale evening sky, with trees and warm brown banks.

Rivière, Italie

1856

Painting of a shadowed narrow street with old buildings, a dome, and a pale turquoise sky above.

Une rue

1856

Oil painting of two umbrella pines against a turquoise sky, with dark hills and a brown building at the right.

Pins parasols en Italie

1856

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