Louis-Joseph Daumas

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 atelierofDavid 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 statueofJosé de San Martín in the Plaza San MartínofBuenos Aires, 1862, with copies at the Parque del OesteinMadrid, Central ParkinNew York City, and Parc MontsourisinParis and in Washington, D.C., United States
• equestrian sculpture at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Istanbul, 1864^{[citation needed]}

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