Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
( 1824 - 1887 )
Portrait Bust of Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
1865
Terracotta
66 x 35 x 27 cm (26 x 13 ³/₄ x 10 ⁵/₈ inches)
Signed and dated: ‘A.CARRIER 1865.’ (on reverse of socle)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Private collection, Brittany, France
Possibly Carrier-Belleuse sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 26 December, 1868, lot 56
Possibly Carrier-Belleuse sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 26 December, 1868, lot 56
Related Literature
Catalogue de Sculptures: Bronzes, Marbres, Terres Cuites et Platres Originaux, Oeuvres de M. Carrier Belleuse, sale catalogue, Hôtel Drouot, Salle No. 8, 26 Décembre 1868
J. Hargrove, The Life and Work of Albert Carrier-Belleuse, New York & London, 1977
J. Hargrove, ‘Introduction’ in French Sculpture 1780-1940: Carrier-Belleuse and his circle, exh. cat., Bruton Gallery, Somerset, 1981
B. Cagli and M. Bucarelli, eds., La Casa di Rossini: Catalogo del Museo, Modena, 1989
D. Gallo, Gioachino Rossini: a research and information guide, New York and London, 2010
J. Hargrove and G. Grandjean, eds., Carrier-Belleuse: le Maître de Rodin, exh. cat., Paris, 2014
W. Roberts, Rossini and post-Napoleonic Europe, Rochester, N.Y, 2015
M. Vandenbrouck, ‘Carrier-Belleuse’, The Burlington Magazine, 2014, no. 1337, vol. 156, pp. 551-552
Catalogue de Sculptures: Bronzes, Marbres, Terres Cuites et Platres Originaux, Oeuvres de M. Carrier Belleuse, sale catalogue, Hôtel Drouot, Salle No. 8, 26 Décembre 1868
J. Hargrove, The Life and Work of Albert Carrier-Belleuse, New York & London, 1977
J. Hargrove, ‘Introduction’ in French Sculpture 1780-1940: Carrier-Belleuse and his circle, exh. cat., Bruton Gallery, Somerset, 1981
B. Cagli and M. Bucarelli, eds., La Casa di Rossini: Catalogo del Museo, Modena, 1989
D. Gallo, Gioachino Rossini: a research and information guide, New York and London, 2010
J. Hargrove and G. Grandjean, eds., Carrier-Belleuse: le Maître de Rodin, exh. cat., Paris, 2014
W. Roberts, Rossini and post-Napoleonic Europe, Rochester, N.Y, 2015
M. Vandenbrouck, ‘Carrier-Belleuse’, The Burlington Magazine, 2014, no. 1337, vol. 156, pp. 551-552