A Negress (Une Negresse)

• Artist: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
• Medium: Plaster with patina; red stone base
• Geographical Location: France
• Dates: 1868
• Dimensions: a: 13 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 7 in. (34.9 x 23.5 x 17.8 cm) b: 9 x 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (22.9 x 31.8 x 31.8 cm)
• Inscriptions: Incised back of plaster base: "J-B Carpeaux 1868" Incised on front of base: "Pourquoi nâitre esclave"
• Collection: European Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 3Q11, 6C
• Accession Number: 1993.83a-b
• Image: 1993.83a-b.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,