Louis Auvray (; 7 April 1810, in

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27 April 1890, in

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) was a French sculptor and art critic. He was the pupil of

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and was the brother of Félix Auvray, a painter. He continued the ''Dictionnaire Général des Artistes de l'école française depuis l'origine des arts du dessin jusqu'à nos jours'', started by Émile Bellier de La Chavignerie.

Main works

* ''Portrait d' Alexandre-Charles Sauvageot'', 1863, bust, marble, Paris,

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* ''Portrait du peintre Gentile Bellini'', 1871, bust, marble, Paris, Louvre * ''Portrait du chroniqueur

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'', 1843, bust, marble,

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* ''Portrait du musicien

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'', bust, marble, Versailles * ''Portrait du sculpteur Jacques François Joseph Saly'', bust, marble, Versailles * ''Portrait du sculpteur Jacques François Joseph Saly'', 1838, bust, marble,

References

* Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, Isabelle Leroy-Jay Lemaistre, ''Musée du Louvre. département des sculptures du Moyen Âge, de la Renaissance et des temps modernes. Sculpture française II. Renaissance et temps modernes. vol. 1 Adam - Gois'', Réunion des musées nationaux editions, Paris, 1998 * Simone Hoog, ''Musée national de Versailles. Les sculptures. I- Le musée'', Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1993

External links

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