French school, around 1840. The date seller of Tunis place de la Concorde. Oil on canvas. Height : 41 cm 41 cm - Width : 32,5 cm Note: The scene is located at the bottom of the Champs Elysées. In the background, the Luxor obelisk, erected in October 1836, allows us to date our painting, perhaps around 1839, at the time of the work on the pedestal (there is scaffolding at its base). It was the time of Jacques Hittorff's redevelopment, and the lower part of the avenue began to become a place of sociability and tourism. One will notice that the posts of the green barriers are also in the shape of an obelisk. The box of dates from Tunis evokes the presence of the Giraffe offered to Charles X by the Viceroy of Egypt, Mehmet Ali. Arrived in Paris in 1827, it lived in the menagerie of the Jardin des plantes until 1845. Girafomania then invaded literature, fashion and graphic arts for nearly 15 years. Expert : Cabinet Turquin.