# The Prince Imperial and His Dog [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CARPEAUX, Jean-Baptiste]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Marble, height 140 cm ## Commentary Carpeaux was commissioned by Emperor Napoleon III to create a lifesize sculpture of the nine-year-old prince. The prince is portrayed, wearing contemporary clothing, with his favourite dog. The dog, twisting its own body around that of the prince, lends stability to the whole piece, providing a support in the traditional style of classical marble statues, in which this function is often performed by a tree stump. ## 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]() - [Portrait of Charles Gounod]() - [Sketch for the Marshal Moncey Monument]() - [The Four Corners of the World Supporting the Celestial Sphere]() - [The Laughing Neapolitan]() - [The Negress]() - [The Spring]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()