Start of Exhibit Record 1/8 Catalog Record Cast in Bronze Exhibit Page Home Search Image 3 of 3 Description  Carpeaux was the most successful French sculptor of the mid-19th Century; he was widely recognized as the official sculptor of the Second French Empire. Architect Charles Garnier won the Paris Opera commission in 1861. Carpeaux and Garnier were friends, and Carpeaux executed many sculptural works for Garnier's finest building, the Opera. A version of this portrait bust greets visitors as they climb the grand stair of the Opera, and there is a third casting at the Louvre in Paris.

Charles Garnier -Cast in Bronze at the Athenaeum: 19th Century Bronze Sculpture

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