Françoise-Joseph Duret (12 November 1729 – 7 August 1816) was a

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sculptor. He was the father and teacher of

Francisque Joseph Duret Francisque Joseph Duret (; 19 October 1804 – 26 May 1865) was a French sculptor, son and pupil of François-Joseph Duret (1732–1816). Life and career Before becoming a sculptor, Francisque Duret had shown interest in pursuing a career in thea ...

. Born at Valenciennes, the son of Charles Durez, of Spanish origin, Duret was prince of the

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, a member of the

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, and sculptor and decorator for

Honoré Armand de Villars Don Honoré Armand de Villars, 2e duc de Villars (4 October 1702, Paris – May 1770, Aix), Duke and Peer of France, Prince of Martigues, Grandee of Spain, Knight of the Golden Fleece, Viscount of Melun, Marquis of la Melle, Count of Rochemiley ...

. His reception piece at the Academy, representing

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looking for a man, is at the Museum of Fine Arts of Valenciennes. He married the daughter of his brother Jean-François Last. Joseph Duret had had several children all of whom died, before his son

survived, and became a renowned artist in his own right.

References

* * Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, J. Claye, 1866 (read online), p. 100. * Journal of the Academy of Toulouse and other academies of the Empire, vol. 23-24, Toulouse, Delboy & Armaing, 1866, p. 208. * Edouard Pommier, A Chalgrin collaborator, François-Joseph Duret (1729-1816), sculptor and ornamental sculptor figurist, Bulletin of the Society of the History of French Art, 1985 Paris, 1987, p. 137. * 18th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French sculptors People from Valenciennes 1729 births 1816 deaths 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists {{France-sculptor-stub