The brothers Gaspard (born 1624 or 1625, died 10 December 1681) and Balthazar Marsy (baptised 6 January 1628, died May 1674) were French sculptors. Originally from

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, they moved to Paris and were employed by King

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, particularly for the decoration of the palace and gardens at

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. Their sister Jeanne was married to the sculptor Pierre Le Gros the Elder and was the mother of the sculptor

Pierre Le Gros the Younger Pierre Le Gros (12 April 1666 Paris – 3 May 1719 Rome) was a French sculptor, active almost exclusively in Baroque Rome where he was the pre-eminent sculptor for nearly two decades.Gerhard Bissell, ''Pierre le Gros, 1666–1719'', Readin ...

Works

*''Bassin d'Encelade'' (Basin of

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; 1675–1677),

References

* Gerhard Bissell
''Marsy (family of sculptors)''
in: ''

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(Artists of the World)'', Vol. 87, de Gruyter, Berlin 2015, from p. 308 (in German). *Thomas Hedin, ''The Sculpture of Gaspard and Balthazard Marsy'', Columbia (University of Missouri Press) 1983. *François Souchal, ''French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries: The Reign of Louis XIV.'', vol. III/IV 1987–1993.

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* 17th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 1620s births 1674 deaths 1681 deaths Sibling duos {{France-sculptor-stub