Jean-Louis Brian
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Jean-Louis Brian (1805 Avignon-1864 Paris) was a French sculptor.
Brian was a pupil of David d'Angers. In 1832, he won, together with François Jouffroy, the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture with his statue Capanée foudroyé sous les murs de Thèbes.
Main works
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- Jeanne d'Albret, statue, stone, Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg
- Saint Marc, statue, stone, Paris, place Franz Liszt, facade of the church of Saint Vincent de Paul
- Caryatid, stone, Paris, Palais du Louvre
- Portrait of Pierre-Marie Baillot, violinist, 1772–1842, marble, Versailles, Palace of Versailles
- Portrait of Joseph Romain-Desfossés, admiral, 1798–1864, bust, marble, Versailles, Palace of Versailles
- Portrait of Leo Strozzi, prior of Capua, general of the galleys, 1515–1554, 1840, bust, plaster, Versailles, Palace of Versailles
- Faun standing looking at its tail, Avignon, Calvet Museum, marble, 1840
References
- Simone Hoog, (preface by Jean-Pierre Babelon, in collaboration with Roland Brossard), Musée national de Versailles. Les sculptures. I- Le musée, Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1993
- Pierre Kjellberg, Le Nouveau guide des statues de Paris, La Bibliothèque des Arts, Paris, 1988
- Emmanuel Schwartz, Les Sculptures de l'École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Histoire, doctrines, catalogue, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 2003
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