Live Auction 12030OPULENCE .Silver . Gold Boxes . 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art
JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX (FRENCH, 1827-1875)
Lot 258 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX (FRENCH, 1827-1875)

Suzanne surprise (Susannah surprised)

Closed29 November 2016

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GBP 7,500

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JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX (FRENCH, 1827-1875)
Suzanne surprise (Susannah surprised)
signed 'Carpeaux' and with cachet 'PROPRIÉTÉ / CARPEAUX' with an eagle
bronze, mid-brown patina
27 in. (68.5 cm.) high
Circa 1875.

Specialist note

Representing Susannah shocked by the infamous on looking elders who surprised her at her bath and accused her of adultery, the present extraordinarily expressive bronze belongs to a series of works based on a terracotta statuette by Carpeaux from which a small number of editions were created from 1872.