Jean Joly (sculptor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French sculptor
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Place of Birth: Troyes, Grand Est, France
About Jean Joly (sculptor)
- Jean Joly (April 16, 1650 – 1740) was a French sculptor. Joly was a student of François Girardon.
- He attended the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture where he won the Prix de Rome for the sculpture Fratricide de Cain in 1680.
- He stayed in Rome at the Villa Medici between 1680 and 1686.
- He collaborated with Nicolas Coustou and Antoine Coysevox.
- Joly made arches and capitals for Grand Trianon vases with flowers and various stone and metal for gardens at the Palace of Versailles.
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