Jean-Baptiste CarpeauxFrench, 1827–1875Pietà
Can I see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “Pietà” now? The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 552, New York. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.
New York, United States
Closed· opens at 10:00 AM
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 2001.199
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0)
In the life of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
The whole life1862
Returns to Paris and is presented at court
Back in Paris, he is presented to the imperial court by his friend and patron Eugène d’Alvin de Piennes, soon to become the Empress’s chamberlain, and becomes a sought-after portraitist, though he was never a court official. An admirer of Napoleon III, Carpeaux also contrived a face-to-face meeting with the emperor at Amiens, where he persuaded him to commission a marble statue.
1863
The empress buys the “Neapolitan Fisherboy”
He shows the marble Neapolitan Fisherboy with a Shell at the Salon of 1863 — he had sent the plaster version to the Academy while still a student in Rome; the statue is bought for Empress Eugénie, and, thanks to its popularity, Carpeaux makes a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze.
1863
First Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts
He takes part in the first Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts in Paris.
1864
Gives lessons to Prince Louis-Napoléon
He gives drawing and modelling lessons to Prince Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte.
1866
Made a chevalier of the Legion of Honour
He is made a chevalier of the Legion of Honour.
