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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux[zhAN-bAtEst´ kArpO´] Pronunciation Key, 1827–75, French sculptor and painter. He studied with FranCois Rude and won the Prix de Rome. Carpeaux rose to fame with his Ugolino (1860–62; Louvre) and became a favorite of the Second Empire, receiving many portrait commissions. Of his sculpture groups, the best known is The Dance on the facade of the OpEra, Paris. His Neapolitan Shell-Fisher and his portrait busts of Napoleon III, Dumas fils, GErOme, and Empress EugEnie are in the Louvre, along with numerous paintings, including Bal costumE aux Tuileries, Les Trois Souverains, and several portraits.
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