Il ritratto di Jean-Baptiste Faure: un inedito busto di Vincenzo Gemito nei depositi dell’Opéra Garnier di Parigi

The following article is the first analysis of the Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Faure by Vincenzo Gemito, whose location and conservation status had not been known until now. This unprecedented analysis has been conducted and demonstrated thanks to pictures taken by the author and precise historiographical sources. The research includes the study of historical and social matters that are useful to retrace the history of the Potrait, as well as the relations that Gemito had in Paris with the artistic and social environments of the city. With the support of archivial and bibliography sources, the author aimed to focus on the period from 1877 and 1878, years within which the bust should be dated, as it was exposed at the Salon of 1878 with the Portrait of Giovanni Boldini.