Title: Le Trait d’Union
Object type: Statuette group
Date: June 1872
Artist:  Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux 
Artist bio: French, Valenciennes 1827–1875 Courbevoie
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 7 15/16 x 3 11/16 x 3 9/16 in. (20.2 x 9.4 x 9 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase, Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ignazio Peluso, Ada Peluso and Romano I. Peluso Gift, 2012
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Children, term: Men, term: Women