Master Sculpture & Works of Art Part II
Master Sculpture & Works of Art Part II
Sold by the Art Institute of Chicago
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Bust of Murillo
No reserve
Lot Closed
January 28, 08:26 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Sold by the Art Institute of Chicago
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (Aisne 1824 - 1887 Sevres)
Bust of Murillo
signed A. Carrier
terracotta on an ebonized wood socle
height of bust 16 ¼ in.; 41.3cm.
height of socle 5 ¼ in.; 13.3cm.
During the mid-1860's Carrier-Belleuse executed a series of terracotta busts of celebrated European artists, including Dürer, Raphael, Michelangelo, Rubens and Rembrandt. His bust of the Spanish painter Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), complete with a historically accurate costume, was presented for the first time in 1874 as a pair with a portrait bust of Diego Velázquez (1599-1660). An identical bust is in the Chartreuse Museum in Douai (acc. no. 2733).