# Portrait of Charles Gounod [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CARPEAUX, Jean-Baptiste]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Terracotta, height 64 cm ## Commentary Charles Gounod was a French composer famous for his operas, including Faust. The turn of the sitter's head and the delicate modeling give the sculpture a sense of vitality and spontaneity, as if it had been made in a single session. In fact, Gounod recalled that the bust required nearly fourteen sittings to complete. <p> <table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor="\#99cccc"> <tr valign=middle><td><img src="/support/gif/listen.gif" border=0 valign=middle> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 14 minutes\):<br><a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/19\_cent/gounod\_faust\_ballet.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><b>Charles Gounod: Faust, Ballet music</b></a> </td></tr></table> ## Related artworks - [Alexande Dumas Fils]() - [Amélie de Montfort Dressed as a Bride]() - [Antoine Watteau]() - [Dance]() - [Fisherboy with a Shell]() - [Napoléon III, Emperor of the French]() - [Sketch for the Marshal Moncey Monument]() - [The Four Corners of the World Supporting the Celestial Sphere]() - [The Laughing Neapolitan]() - [The Negress]() - [The Prince Imperial and His Dog]() - [The Spring]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()