Gallery Talk: Beneath the Surface of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s Why Born Enslaved!
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Harvard Art Museums
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Join us for a conversation about the restoration of a painted plaster version of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s sculpture Why Born Enslaved!
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- Ages: Adults.
- Wheelchair accessible.
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Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the gallery talk. Space is limited, and talks are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.
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- In-person only.
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
美国
Dates and Times
星期二, 八月 5 12:30下午 – 1下午
Additional information
Join us for a close look at a painted plaster version of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s 1868 sculpture Why Born Enslaved!, which is on display for the first time in the exhibition The Solomon Collection: From Dürer to Degas and Beyond (May 24–August 17, 2025). Conservator Susan Costello and exhibition curator Marina Kliger will discuss the bust’s conservation treatment and its mysterious origins.
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Last updated 七月 21, 2025.
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