Jean-Louis Jaley
Illustration — Portrait du duc d'Orléans Jean-Louis Nicolas Jaley (27 January 1802, Paris – 30 May 1866, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French sculptor. He was the pupil of his father Louis Jaley and Pierre Cartellier. In 1827, he won - together with François Lanno - the Prix de Rome for sculpture with a bas-relief Mucius Scævola devant Porsenna.
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Jean-Louis Jaley
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- Born
- 1802 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor · medalist
- Education
- French Academy in Rome
- Teachers
- Louis Jaley · Pierre Cartellier
- Known for
- Jean de La Fontaine
- Honours
- Prix de Rome · Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Portrait du duc d'Orléans Jean-Louis Nicolas Jaley (27 January 1802, Paris – 30 May 1866, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French sculptor. He was the pupil of his father Louis Jaley and Pierre Cartellier. In 1827, he won - together with François Lanno - the Prix de Rome for sculpture with a bas-relief Mucius Scævola devant Porsenna.
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He was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery (49th division), near his father, who died in 1840.
Jean-Louis Jaley studied at French Academy in Rome. Training under Louis Jaley and Pierre Cartellier is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Works named in the authority record are Jean de La Fontaine. Work by Jean-Louis Jaley is recorded in the collections of Musée Carnavalet, National Museum Paleis het Loo and Musée des Augustins. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
• La Prière (The Prayer), statue, marble, 1831, Paris, musée du Louvre • La Pudeur (The Modesty), statue, marble, 1833, Paris, musée du Louvre • Portrait du duc d'Orléans, statue, marble, 1842–1844, Paris, musée du Louvre • allegorical figures of Vienna and London, Gare du Nord, Paris, circa 1864
Buste d' André de Montalembert († 1553 et non 1555), seigneur d'Essé, sculpté par Jaley.
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Statue de Georges Mouton, comte de Lobau, par Jean-Louis Jaley. Avant son transport à Phalsbourg, elle est exposée devant l'entrée du Louvre, face au pont des Arts. Contrairement à la description néerlandaise, cette photo n'est pas prise rue de Lobau, mais devant façade sud de l'aile Sully du Louvre.
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- 1.AArchives départementales des Hauts-de-Seine acte de décès dressé le 31/05/1866, vue 55 / 148.
- 2.Ex aequo avec François Lanno.
- 3.Paul Bauer, Deux siècles d'histoire au Père-Lachaise, Mémoire et Documents, 2006, .
- 4.Domenico Gabrielli, Dictionnaire Historique du cimetière du Père-Lachaise s, Éd. de l'Amateur, 2002 .
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- 15.André Doyon, Amitiés parisiennes de Stendhal : Lettres et documents inédits (en ligne).
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- 17.louvre.sculpturederue.fr.
- 18.Sculpture. Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, architecture, gravure et lithographie des artistes vivants exposés au menus plaisirs le 15 mai 1853. Vinchon. Soixante-seizième exposition des ouvrages des artistes vivants. 234. 1853. 1770-6858.
- 19.« Monument à Georges Mouton, comte de Lobau – Phalsbourg », notice sur e-monumen.net.
- 20.museehistoiredefrance.fr.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Emmanuel Schwartz, Les Sculptures de l'École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Histoire, doctrines, catalogue, Paris, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, 2003.
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