Gipsmodellen voor beeldhouwwerken op het Palais du Louvre: links "Palissy" door Jean Pierre Victor Huguenin en rechts "Rigaud" door Victor Therasse c. 1855 - 1857

This photograph, taken by the renowned French photographer Edouard Baldus, captures two plaster models for sculptures that were intended for the Palais du Louvre in Paris. The sculptures, "Palissy" by Jean Pierre Victor Huguenin and "Rigaud" by Victor Therasse, are depicted in this image as they were being prepared for the grand building. The photograph, housed in the Rijksmuseum, provides a glimpse into the artistic process of the mid-19th century and the monumental scale of public art projects undertaken during that era.