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French sculptor
Genius of Navigation , Toulon
Louis-Joseph Daumas (1801–1887) was a French sculptor and medallist.
Born in
Toulon , Daumas was admitted into the
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1826,
[1] and entered the atelier of
David d'Angers .
[2]
Daumas's work includes:
Genius of Navigation , bronze statue of French Admiral
Jules de Cuverville with four bas-reliefs on the base, port of Toulon, 1847, reconstructed after its destruction in World War II
exterior statue of
François Eudes de Mézeray ,
Cour Napoléon in the
Louvre , Paris, prior to 1853
Roman cavalier and his horse, on the
left bank of the
Pont d'Iéna , Paris, 1853
equestrian statue of
José de San Martín in the
Plaza San Martín of
Buenos Aires , 1862, with copies at the
Parque del Oeste in
Madrid ,
Central Park in
New York City , and
Parc Montsouris in
Paris and in
Washington, D.C., United States
equestrian sculpture at the
Sakıp Sabancı Museum ,
Istanbul , 1864[
citation needed ]
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