TOUSSAINT, François Christophe Armand
(b. 1806, Paris, d. 1862, Paris)

Two Indian Slaves Holding Torches

1850
Bronze, brown and gilt patina, height 120 cm (each)
Private collection

These figures were commissioned by the French state in1850 for the Palais de l'Elysée and first presented in bronze at the Salon in 1850-1851. The plaster models had been shown three years earlier

Each figure is signed and dated: AD. TOUSSAINT. 1850.




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