# DE BAY, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph

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## Artist

- Lifespan: 1779–1863
- Profession: sculptor
- School: French

## Biography

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph De Bay \(also Debay\), French sculptor. He was a pupil of the sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet. He made statues of historical figures and a number of busts. Several of his works are exhibited at Versailles, in the Louvre and in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes. The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Angers and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux also displays works by him. He was father of two artists, Jean De Bay, sculptor and Auguste-Hyacinthe De Bay \(1804-1865\), sculptor and painter.

## Related artworks

- [Atropos Preparing to Cut the Thread](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/de-bay-jean-baptiste-joseph-r90430823e09b8d/atropos-preparing-to-cut-the-thread-re8a17f92c434a5>)
- [Bust of a Lady](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/de-bay-jean-baptiste-joseph-r90430823e09b8d/bust-of-a-lady-ra535e423af3bb7>)

## Attribution

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