The Street Porter

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

c. 1890

Constantin Emile Meunier
Belgian, 1831-1905

Currently Off View: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Constantin Emile Meunier
Title: The Street Porter
Origin: Belgium
Date: 1885–1895
Medium: Bronze, dark brown patina
Dimensions: 57.5 × 35.6 × 19.7 cm (22 5/8 × 14 × 7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Celia Schmidt
Reference Number: 1977.932

Camille Lemonnier, Constantin Meunier, sculpteur et peintre (Paris, H. Floury, 1904). p. 53 (ill.). [labeled as Le Portefaux]
Sura Levine and Françoise Urban, “Constantin Meunier, A Life of Labor,” Hommage à Constantin Meunier, 1831–1905 [Galerie Maurice Tzwern, 1998], p.31.

Celia Schmidt, Chicago, before 1977; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1977.

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