Jean-Jules Allasseur (13 June 1818 — 1903) was a French sculptor, a pupil of Pierre-Jean David called David d'Angers at the

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, who produced portrait sculptures, memorial allegories and decorative architectural sculpture for official commissions under the Second Empire. He was made a chevalier of the

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, 7 August 1867. He is buried at the cemetery of

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(14th division) where he kept his studio.

Selected works

*''La Découverte de Moïse'', shown in plaster at the

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of 1853 and in marble, 1859. *''

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'' (1853), one of the eighty-six standing figures of famous Frenchmen in Hector Lefuel's

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of the

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. *Monument of

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(bronze, 1866) for

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, adapting and simplifying the features of the famous bust by Caffieri for the foyer of the Comédie-Française. *''Saint Joseph'' for

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, Paris. *''Saint Carlo Borromeo'' (1867) for Saint-Étienne-du-Mont. *''Rameau'' (marble, 1888) for the Académie nationale de musique. Shown at the Paris Salon of 1888.plate F/21/*7658] *''Le Pêcheur'' ( Louvre Museum). *''Leucothea'' (Louvre Museum).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Allasseur, Jean-Jules 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 1818 births 1903 deaths Burials at Montmartre Cemetery Place of birth missing École des Beaux-Arts alumni 19th-century French male artists