The Prince Imperial with his Dog Nero
After an unsuccessful effort in 1864 to win a commission for a portrait of Empress Eugénie, Carpeaux proposed to the imperial couple a portrait of their son, Eugène-Louis-Jean-Joseph Napoléon, the Prince Impérial (1856–1879). By August 1865, a lifesize portrait of the nine-year-old prince was complete and the plaster was soon shown publicly at the Salon of 1866. The standing portrait was also executed in marble and cast in silver-patinated bronze, exhibited at the Salons of 1867 and 1868 respectively. Carpeaux chose to portray the prince as a bourgeois lad, shown with the emperor's dog Néro, a gift from the Russian ambassador. In 1869, the Sèvres Manufactory began to produce biscuit porcelain reductions that faithfully reflect the surfaces of marble.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Prince Imperial with his Dog Nero
- Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
- Modeler: Henri Robert
- Designer: Based on a composition of 1856 by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, Valenciennes 1827–1875 Courbevoie)
- Date: 1912
- Culture: French, Sèvres
- Medium: Hard-paste biscuit porcelain
- Dimensions: Height (with pedestal): 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1972
- Object Number: 1972.79
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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