How does this artwork elucidate its abstract?
La Capresse des Colonies is a mid-19th century sculpture by French sculptor Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier. Sculpted from Algerian marble and adorned with bronze and onyx, using polychromy, the statue was crafted in the years following the 1848 emancipation of slaves in the French Empire, an edict which greatly inspired Cordier. It is part of a pair with The Jewish Woman of Algiers. Both sculptures are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Jewish Woman of Algiers onyx polychromy 1848 emancipation bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art French Empire Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier