Jean-Louis Brian

Jean-Louis Brian (1805 Avignon-1864 Paris) was a French sculptor.

Brian was a pupil of David d'Angers. In 1832, he won, together with François Jouffroy, the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture with his statue Capanée foudroyé sous les murs de Thèbes.

Main works

Jeanne d'Albret, statue, stone, Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg
Saint Marc, statue, stone, Paris, place Franz Liszt, facade of the church of Saint Vincent de Paul
Caryatid, stone, Paris, Palais du Louvre
Portrait of Pierre-Marie Baillot, violinist, 1772–1842, marble, Versailles, Palace of Versailles
Portrait of Joseph Romain-Desfossés, admiral, 1798–1864, bust, marble, Versailles, Palace of Versailles
Portrait of Leo Strozzi, prior of Capua, general of the galleys, 1515–1554, 1840, bust, plaster, Versailles, Palace of Versailles

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References

Simone Hoog, (preface by Jean-Pierre Babelon, in collaboration with Roland Brossard), Musée national de Versailles. Les sculptures. I- Le musée, Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1993
Pierre Kjellberg, Le Nouveau guide des statues de Paris, La Bibliothèque des Arts, Paris, 1988
Emmanuel Schwartz, Les Sculptures de l'École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Histoire, doctrines, catalogue, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 2003

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