La Capresse des Colonies
| La Capresse des Colonies | |
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| Artist | Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier |
| Year | 1861 |
| Medium | Onyx, marble, bronze and gilt bronze, marble |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City |
La Capresse des Colonies is a mid-19th century sculpture by French sculptor Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier.[1] Sculpted from Algerian marble and adorned with bronze and onyx, the statue was crafted in the years following the 1848 emancipation of slaves in the French Empire, an edict which greatly inspired Cordier. The sculpture is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]
References
- ^ a b "www.metmuseum.org". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-09-05.