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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux — Bust of a Chinese

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

Bust of a Chinese

1867

Created during the height of Orientalist interest, this plaster bust reflects 19th-century European fascination with non-Western subjects and physiognomy.

Medium
plaster

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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Bust of a Chinese, 1867

Created during the height of Orientalist interest, this plaster bust reflects 19th-century European fascination with non-Western subjects and physiognomy.

Medium
plaster
Year
1867
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

French, 19th Century, Sculpture, Plaster, Bust, Portrait, Neoclassical, Neutral Tones, Ethnographic, Figurative

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