Statuette

Date19th century

MediumPlaster

Dimensions33 x 17 x 9 cm

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery. Donated by Mrs A. O'Connor, 1942.

Object number891

DescriptionJean Carries was born in Lyon in 1855. He first showed at the Paris Salon in 1875 and gained considerable recognition for his sculptured busts at the Paris Salons of 1879 and 1881. Having seeing an exhibition of Japanese works at the 1878 World's Fair in Paris, he began to devote himself to the creation of polychrome horror masks. In 1892 he was awarded the French Legion of Honour. The artist's portrait was painted by John Singer Sargent and Jean Carries himself produced busts of Franz Hals, Louise Labe, August Vacqueries and Jules Breton.

A cavalier wearing a frilled beret and frock coat with frilled collar which unites with the beret. His left hand is in his pocket and he holds a stick, which is missing, in his right.

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