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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
The City of Valenciennes Defending the Fatherland in 17931869-1873

Not on view
Terracotta sculpture of a semi-nude figure lunging forward with billowing drapery and windswept hair, atop a base inscribed 'DEFENSE DE LA PATRIE'
Artist or Maker
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
France, Valenciennes, 1827-1875
Title
The City of Valenciennes Defending the Fatherland in 1793
Place Made
France
Date Made
1869-1873
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
21 × 17 × 10 in. (53.34 × 43.18 × 25.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Accession Number
M.91.138
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Levkoff, Mary L. Rodin in His Time: The Cantor Gifts to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1994.