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JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX (1827-1875)
Bacchante with
roses, 1869
White marble
21 3/8 x 18 1/2 inches (67 x 47 cm)
| Provenance: |
- Don Simon and Do–a Albina Pati–o
- Dona Graziella Pati–o de Ortiz Linares
- George Ortiz, by decent
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| Literature: |
- Exhibition catalog, Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, Nice,
1980, p. 73, (bronze version illustrated).
- A.M. Wagner, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, London, 1986,
p. 182 (plaster version illustrated).
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Carpeaux created three busts derived from the heads of figures of his
1865 commission of La Danse for the Paris Opera façade. This bust was developed from the
figure on the right in the group and represents a portrait of Mlle. Miette. The date on
the present marble coincides with the completion of the group which was unveiled on July
26, 1869. It immediately became the subject of one of the great art scandals of the
century for the nudity and abandon of its dancing female figures.
The Bacchante with roses was created in two versions: a) the present 1869 marble and a
terra cotta in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; b) 1872 bronze edition in
which leaves from the rose branch overlap the socle and its corresponding plaster in the
1913 sale of the contents of the Carpeaux atelier.
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