David Vainqueur

 Mercie sent the plaster model of David Vainqueur from Rome to the Paris Salon and won 

the First Class Medal and the Cross of the Legion of Honour - a unique achievement.

The state commissioned a bronze version of the statue in 1872 which was placed in the

Musee de Luxembourg. 

 David Vainqueur  c.1875    Signed: Mercie   Height: 46 cm   Foundry; F. Barbedienne

Reference: Kjellberg - Bronzes of the 19th Century