Artworks · Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

Alexandre Dumas fils

1873 · Cast terracotta

29 1/8 × 22 1/16 × 16 9/16 in. (74 × 56 × 42 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Napoléon III (1808–1873), Emperor of the French

1873 · Marble

Overall (confirmed): 20 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 11 3/8 in. (52.1 x 36.8 x 28.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust of a Chinese Man

1872 · terracotta

height: 33.1 cm (13 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Le Trait d’Union

1872 · Terracotta

Overall (confirmed): 7 15/16 x 3 11/16 x 3 9/16 in. (20.2 x 9.4 x 9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Why Born Enslaved!

1867 · Marble

22 7/8 × 16 × 12 1/2 in., 132.7 lb. (58.1 × 40.6 × 31.8 cm, 60.2 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Five Dancing Female Figures

1865 · Black and red chalk on tan laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper

20.4 × 12.8 cm (8 1/16 × 5 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

France Lighting the World

1865 · Plaster

36.5 × 31 cm (14 3/8 × 12 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Allegory of Science

1865 · Plaster

24 × 36 cm (9 7/16 × 14 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Allegory of Agriculture

1865 · Plaster

26 × 37 cm (10 1/4 × 14 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ugolino and His Sons

1865 · Saint-Béat marble

Overall (confirmed): 77 3/4 × 59 × 43 1/2 in., 4955 lb. (197.5 × 149.9 × 110.5 cm, 2247.6 kg); Pedestal (wt. confirmed): 3759 lb. (1705.1 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study

1864 · Black chalk, over graphite, on ivory laid paper

20.5 × 13.3 cm (8 1/8 × 5 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pietà

1864 · Terracotta

Overall: 11 7/16 x 7 1/16 x 5 15/16 in. (29.1 x 17.9 x 15.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Genius of the Dance

1864 · Bronze

21 11/16 x 9 1/2 in. (55.1 x 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Madame Armande Dieudé Defly, 1785-1875

1863 · bronze

overall (diameter): 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Girl with a Shell (Jeune fille à la coquille)

1863 · marble

overall: 102.6 × 51.5 × 62.3 cm, 390 lb. (40 3/8 × 20 1/4 × 24 1/2 in., 176.903 kg)

National Gallery of Art

Martyrdom of Saint Peter

1863 · Black, red and white chalk on gray-brown laid paper

23.6 × 30.8 cm (9 5/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Deposition

1863 · Black, red and white chalk on gray laid paper

22.4 × 13.5 cm (8 7/8 × 5 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ugolino and his Children

1863 · Bronze

48.9 × 37.2 × 22.9 cm (19 1/4 × 14 5/8 × 9 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Madame Defly (1785–1875)

1863 · Cast bronze

Diameter: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Neapolitan fisherboy

1861 · marble

overall: 92 × 42 × 47 cm, 390 lb. (36 1/4 × 16 9/16 × 18 1/2 in., 176.903 kg)

National Gallery of Art

Bust of a Young Girl

1860 · etching on Japan paper

plate: 16.8 × 11.5 cm (6 5/8 × 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 16.8 × 11.8 cm (6 5/8 × 4 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Le Chinois

1860 · Plaster

67.3 × 50.8 cm (26 1/2 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for the Sculpture Ugolino and His Children

1860 · Pen and brown ink and opaque white and gray watercolors with white oil paint and black watercolor over black chalk on brown wove paper (Bristol board)

62.4 × 47.9 cm (24 5/8 × 18 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Female Head

1860 · Etching on Japanese paper

Image/plate: 16.7 × 11.5 cm (6 5/8 × 4 9/16 in.); Sheet: 28.3 × 11.5 cm (11 3/16 × 4 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Studies of Heads

1860 · Engraving on paper

22.9 × 28.5 cm (9 1/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Unfinished Letter with Studies for the Ugolino Group

1858 · Pen and brown ink on blue laid paper

26.8 × 20.5 cm (10 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist

1858 · Pen and brown ink on blue laid paper

26.8 × 20.5 cm (10 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Figure in a Niche and Studies for the Ugolino Group (recto); Red-Robed Prelate in a Crowd (verso)

1857 · Pen and black ink, with touches of pink gouache (recto), and pen and black ink with brush and gray wash and red and white gouache (verso), on blue wove paper

29.4 × 21.9 cm (11 5/8 × 8 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait Bust of Comtesse d'Affry, née Lucie de Maillardoz (1816-1897)

1855 · Plaster

54.6 × 48.9 × 33.9 cm (26 1/2 × 19 1/4 × 13 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sketches: Four Figures and Seated Mother and Child (recto); Seated Mother and Child (verso)

1855 · Black crayon (recto and verso) on brown wove paper

17.4 × 15.3 cm (6 7/8 × 6 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Reclining Woman with a Mirror

1855 · Black chalk on tan wove paper

16.9 × 24.9 cm (6 11/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sketch of Nude Woman Having Her Hair Groomed and Groups of Figures (recto); Sketches of Riding Figure and Nude Figures (verso)

1847 · Black crayon (recto and verso) on blue wove paper

26.7 × 34.5 cm (10 9/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Deathbed Scene

1847 · Black and white pastel on brown wove paper

17.5 × 53 cm (6 15/16 × 20 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Sketches: Standing Man with Arms Folded and Group of Figures

1847 · Pen and brown ink, over black crayon, on brown wove paper

16.2 × 25.2 cm (6 7/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of a Man

1847 · Black chalk and black crayon, with stumping, on gray laid paper

15.4 × 10.3 cm (6 1/8 × 4 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kneeling Nude Woman with Drapery

1847 · Pen and blue ink and black crayon on buff laid paper

20.8 × 13.5 cm (8 1/4 × 5 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sketches: Seated Man with Head in Hands and Two Figures Bending Toward Others in Background (recto); Reclining Woman (verso)

1847 · Black and white chalk (recto and verso) on tan wove paper

21.1 × 15.1 cm (8 5/16 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kneeling Figure with Arms Raised

1847 · Black crayon on gray laid paper

15.8 × 21.9 cm (6 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape with Trees

1847 · Black and white chalk on gray wove paper

12.2 × 15.9 cm (4 13/16 × 6 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Woman with Clasped Hands

1847 · Pen and brown ink on ivory laid paper

20.6 × 13.5 cm (8 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Francis (recto); Two Figures (verso)

1847 · Black and white pastel (recto), and black pastel (verso), on mauve laid paper

22.7 × 14.7 cm (8 15/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Standing Figures, Embracing (recto); Man with Scythe and Sketches of Buildings (verso)

1847 · Red and white chalk (recto); and red chalk (verso), on blue wove paper

16 × 12.5 cm (6 5/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bust of a Young Woman (recto); Seated Female Figure (verso)

1847 · Black chalk, with stumping (recto), and black chalk (verso), on gray-brown wove paper

25.4 × 24 cm (10 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Figure with Head in Hands and Two Caricatures (recto); Four Figures in a Lunette (verso)

1847 · Black crayon (recto and verso) on blue wove paper

24.3 × 15.9 cm (9 5/8 × 6 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sketches of Two Children, Boats at Sea (recto); Sketches of Striding Male Figure Holding Staff and Coastal Scene (verso)

1847 · Graphite (recto and verso) on bluish gray wove paper

14.1 × 12.4 cm (5 9/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Equestrian Scene in a City

1847 · Pen and brown ink, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper

11.6 × 12.3 cm (4 5/8 × 4 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Young Boy Reclining

1847 · Pen and brown ink on blue laid paper

13.5 × 21 cm (5 3/8 × 8 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Couple Embracing

1847 · Pen and brown ink, over black crayon, on tan wove paper

12.4 × 9.1 cm (4 15/16 × 3 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago