id:			97729
accession number:	1917.371
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.371
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Napoleon on St. Helena, c. 1860–1870. Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875). Bronze; overall: 21.6 x 18.6 x 12.2 cm (8 1/2 x 7 5/16 x 4 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Loïe Fuller 1917.371

title:				Napoleon on St. Helena
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creation date:			c. 1860–1870
creation date earliest:		1855
creation date latest:		1875
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Loïe Fuller
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	bronze
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, 1827–1875)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 21.6 x 18.6 x 12.2 cm (8 1/2 x 7 5/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Carpeaux, probably in the wax model, left of Napoleon's foot; on back, an inscription, perhaps the foundry name, has been obliterated with tool marks.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Lost Wax Process
	opening date:   1965-12-14T05:00:00
	<i>The Lost Wax Process</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 14, 1965-March 27, 1966).

	title:		Loïe Fuller
	opening date:   1984-04-10T05:00:00
	<i>Loïe Fuller</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 10-June 3, 1984).

	title:		Rodin and His Contemporaries
	opening date:   1998-01-10T00:00:00
	<i>Rodin and His Contemporaries</i>. Sunrise Art Museum, Charleston, WV (organizer) (January 10-March 8, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Williamstown, MA, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, May 7-August 27, 1989: A Romance with Realism: The Art of Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, cat. #34, p. 41, repr.', 'opening_date': '1989-05-07T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Also to: Brunswick, ME, The Bowdoin College Museum of Art, October 12-December 17, 1989', 'opening_date': '1989-10-12T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Loïe Fuller
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lovett, Jennifer Gordon, and Jean Baptiste Carpeaux. A Romance with Realism: The Art of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. Williamstown, Mass: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1989.
	page number: 	cat. #34, p. 41, repr.
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	"Modern Sculpture at the Museum." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 6 (1917): 108-09.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 108-109
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136110

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