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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux — La Tempérance (Temperance)
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

La Tempérance (Temperance)

A sculptural work by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux representing the virtue of Temperance, part of his allegorical series. This piece reflects the neoclassical tradition of personifying abstract virtues.

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Collection Jacques Ginepro, Une Vie de Sculptures

May 18, 2022

Estimate: $8,000$12,000

Lot 21

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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, La Tempérance (Temperance)

A sculptural work by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux representing the virtue of Temperance, part of his allegorical series. This piece reflects the neoclassical tradition of personifying abstract virtues.

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

19th Century, Sculpture, French Art, Carpeaux, Virtue, Temperance, Allegorical, Neoclassical

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Cleveland Museum of Art