Louis-Marie-Charles-Henri Mercier Dupaty (29 September 1771, in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

– 12 November 1825, in

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) was a French sculptor. The eldest son of the magistrate Jean-Baptiste Mercier Dupaty and brother of the writer and ''académicien'' Emmanuel Mercier Dupaty, he was destined for the magistrature but preferred the arts. He studied in the atelier of

François-Frédéric Lemot François-Frédéric Lemot (4 November 1772 — 6 May 1827) was a French sculptor, working in the Neoclassical style. Biography Lemot was born at Lyon. Having briefly studied architecture at the Academy of Besançon, then having made his way to P ...

and obtained a '' Premier Grand Prix'' in sculpture, 1799, with his ''Pericles visiting Anaxagoras''. On his return from the

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he was named to the

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, in 1816, then appointed a professor at the

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Works

* ''Portrait of Gen.

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,'' ( Salon of 1812), marble, standing figure over lifesize (

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); * '' Venus Genetrix'' (1810), marble Jardin des Plantes, Paris; * completed

Antoine-Denis Chaudet Antoine-Denis Chaudet (3 March 1763 – 19 April 1810) was a French sculptor who worked in a neoclassical style. Although mostly known as a sculptor, Chaudet did branch out in style and medium over the course of his career as an artist. Late ...

's ''Infant Oedipus and Phorbas'' (1799), shown at the Salon of 1801, after Chaudet's death, in cooperation with

Pierre Cartellier Pierre Cartellier (2 December 1757 – 12 June 1831) was a French sculptor. Biography Born in Paris, he studied at the École Gratuite de Dessin in Paris and then in the studio of Charles-Antoine Bridan before attending the Académie Roya ...

; * ''Venus before Paris'' (1822), marble, over lifesize figure, Versailles * ''Cadmus and the Dragon'' * ''Dying Biblis changed into a Spring'' (1819), marble,

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* ''Ajax defying the Gods'' * Model for the equestrian monument to Louis XIII (1816), completed by

Jean-Pierre Cortot Jean-Pierre Cortot (20 August 1787 – 12 August 1843) was a French neoclassical sculptor. Life Cortot was born and died in Paris. He was educated at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris, and won the Prix de Rome in 1809, residing in the Vi ...

for

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and installed in 1825. * Portrait bust of Vincent-Marie Viénot de Vaublanc, (1820),

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Selected works

File:Paris October 2012 - Vénus genitrix by Charles Dupaty (6).jpg, ''Vénus genitrix'' (1810), Jardin des Plantes de Paris. File:Compiègne (60), palais, parc, Philoctète blessé.jpg, ''Philoctète blessé'' (1810), park at the

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. Image:Equestrian Louis XIII Dupaty Cortot.jpg, Equestrian statue of

Louis XIII of France Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...

File:Oedipe ramené à la vie par le berger Phorbas 2.jpg,

Oedipus Oedipus (, ; grc-gre, Οἰδίπους "swollen foot") was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. A tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus accidentally fulfilled a prophecy that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother, thereby ...

nurtured by

Phorbas In Greek mythology, Phorbas (; Ancient Greek: Φόρβας ''Phórbās'', gen. Φόρβαντος ''Phórbantos'' means "giving pasture"), or Phorbaceus , may refer to: *Phorbas of Elis, son of Lapithes and Orsinome, and a brother of Periphas. ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dupaty, Louis 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 1771 births 1825 deaths Artists from Bordeaux Members of the Académie des beaux-arts Prix de Rome for sculpture Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 19th-century French male artists