Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux was a French artist known for his sculpture and painting that emphasized movement and spontaneity. He was influenced by baroque art and artists such as François Rude, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Verrocchio. "When an artist feels pale and cold, he runs to Michelangelo in order to warm himself, as with the rays of the sun," he once said. Born in 1827 in Valenciennes, Nord, France, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Carpeaux was awarded the Prix de Rome and the Legion of Honour. He was contemporaries with Jules Dalou, Jean-Louis Forain, and Olin Levi Warner. He passed away in 1875 in Courbevoire, France. His works are part of the collections at the Art Institute of Chicago, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Metropolitan...