Detail View: The AMICA Library: Bust of a Woman

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1993.38
AMICA Library Year: 
2000
Object Type: 
Sculpture
Creator Name: 
Carrier-Belleuse, Albert-Ernest
Creator Nationality: 
European; French
Creator Role: 
artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
1824 - 1887
Gender: 
M
Creator Name-CRT: 
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Title: 
Bust of a Woman
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
c. 1865-1870
Creation Start Date: 
1860
Creation End Date: 
1880
Materials and Techniques: 
terracotta
Dimensions: 
with base: 77.5cm x 38.3cm x 28.6cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1993.38
Credit Line: 
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Inscriptions: 
incised in the clay on the back: 'A. Carrier'
Rights: 
Provenance: 
said to have been owned until recently by descendants of Carrier-Belleuse's daughter Marie-Gabrielle and her husband Joseph Cheret, who was a sculptor and a pupil of Carrier-Belleuse; (Elstir Galerie, Paris).
Context: 
This bust may be a portrait of Marguerite Bellanger, one of the mistresses of Napoleon III who ruled France from 1852 to 1870. Although bearing a resemblance to her, it is more likely an imaginary portrait, perhaps inspired by Carrier-Belleuse's admiration for the beautiful Marguerite.
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.1993.38.tif