François-Nicolas Delaistre
Illustration — Bust of French sculptor Pierre Puget by François-Nicolas Delaistre, The Louvre, 1827 François-Nicolas Delaistre (Paris 9 March 1746 – 23 April 1832 Paris) was a French sculptor. Delaistre was educated by Félix Lecomte and Louis-Claude Vassé. Delaistre won the Prix de Rome in 1772; he studied a year at the École royale des élèves protégés at the French Academy and later at the Académie de France in Rome between 1773 and 1777.
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François-Nicolas Delaistre
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- Born
- 1746. · Paris.
- Died
- 1832. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- sculptor.
- Education
- Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.
- Teachers
- Félix Lecomte and Louis-Claude Vassé.
- Known for
- Phocion.
- Honours
- Prix de Rome.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Bust of French sculptor Pierre Puget by François-Nicolas Delaistre, The Louvre, 1827 François-Nicolas Delaistre (Paris 9 March 1746 – 23 April 1832 Paris) was a French sculptor. Delaistre was educated by Félix Lecomte and Louis-Claude Vassé. Delaistre won the Prix de Rome in 1772; he studied a year at the École royale des élèves protégés at the French Academy and later at the Académie de France in Rome between 1773 and 1777.
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It was there that he probably first met the architect Pierre-Adrien Pâris, with whom he later collaborated. His best-known work, the group Cupid and Psyche, was originally executed in Rome (the later marble version is in the Louvre at Paris). The Nuttall Encyclopedia mentions "Delaistre, a French statuary, born in Paris (1836-1891)": this may be a relative of François Delaistre.
François-Nicolas Delaistre studied at Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Training under Félix Lecomte and Louis-Claude Vassé is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Works named in the authority record are Phocion. Work by François-Nicolas Delaistre is recorded in the collections of Cleveland Museum of Art, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon and Fondation Dosne-Thiers. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.
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1746
François-Nicolas Delaistre was born on 9 March 1746.
1832
François-Nicolas Delaistre died on 23 April 1832.
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- Marie-Nicolas Bouillet & Alexis Chassang (dir.), « François Delaistre » in Dictionnaire universel d’histoire et de géographie, 1878
- Catalogue d'exposition, Skulptur aus dem Louvre. Sculptures françaises néo-classiques. 1760 - 1830, Paris, musée du Louvre, 23 mai - 3 septembre 1990, p. 315.
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The authorities additionally record the headings François Nicolas Delaistre, François Delaistre, Delaître, Delaitre and De Laitre. His recorded language was French. Formation and teaching. Delaistre studied at Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. He trained under Félix Lecomte and Louis-Claude Vassé. Delaistre received Prix de Rome. Works and catalogued output.
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