Solitude, the forest
1850-1875
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux is famous for his wild, dancing sculptures, but here he trades his chisel for a brush to capture a quiet, moody forest scene. A tiny figure sits alone at the bottom, dwarfed by the towering, dappled greens of the canopy above. The loose, scratchy brushstrokes suggest he painted this quickly outdoors, trying to catch the fleeting light before it shifted. It’s a rare, intimate look at the painterly side of a sculptor who usually worked in stone.
- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.7 x 31.4 cm
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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