Two Indian Slaves Holding Torches
by TOUSSAINT, François Christophe Armand, Bronze, brown and gilt patina, height 120 cm (each)
These figures were commissioned by the French state in1850 for the Palais de l’Elys�e 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.