Impression of Amélie de Montfort, ca. 1867–69, French, Paris, Terracotta, confirmed: 7 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (19.4 × 8.3 × 8.9 cm), Sculpture, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, Valenciennes 1827–1875 Courbevoie), Rapidly sketched, the model delivers the basics of the master’s intense attachment to his fiancée, a young aristocrat, first glimpsed at a ball. The marriage took place in 1869 but soon soured owing to his morbid, irrational suspicions of infidelity on her part
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Impression, Amélie de Montfort, ca, 1867–69, French, Paris, Terracotta, confirmed, 7 5/8, 3 1/4, 1/2, 19.4, 8.3, 8.9 cm, Sculpture, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Valenciennes, 1827–1875, Courbevoie, Rapidly sketched, model delivers, basics, master, intense, attachment, fiancée, young aristocrat, first glimpsed, ball, marriage, place, 1869, soon soured, owing, morbid, irrational suspicions, infidelity, part
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