Charles-René Laitié | |
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![]() Portrait of Charles-René Laitié sculpting la Force
c. 1824 | |
Born | 1782 Paris, France |
Died | 11 December 1862 Paris, France |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Sculptor |
Charles-René Laitié (1782 – 11 December 1862) was a French sculptor.
Charles-René Laitié was born in Paris in 1782. He became a pupil of Claude Dejoux (1732–1816). [1] He also studied under Pierre Cartellier. [2] He won a medal from the Royal School in the year XII, and the Grand Prix de Rome in 1804. [1] The prize was awarded for his Méléagre refusant son secours aux habitans de Calydon. [2] While in Rome in 1806 Laitié made a plaster model of Homer. In 1827 he presented a small bronze at the Salon from this model, with the date 1806. [3]
In 1820 Laitié was commissioned by the state to make a statue of Jean de La Fontaine, the poet. It was exhibited in the salon in 1822 and installed in Château-Thierry on 6 November 1824. [4] He won a gold medal at the Salon of 1824. [1] The sculptor Claude André Deseine had made a large sculpture of General Colbert during the First French Empire. Under Louis Philippe Laitié transformed it into a statue of Marshal Mortier, which was placed in the first court of the palace of Versailles. In 1963 it was moved to Le Plessis-Trévise, the marshal's home town. [5]
In 1830 Laitié made the central figure of Charity for the portico of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Paris. It is flanked by Faith by Denis Foyatier and Hope by Philippe Henri Lemaire. [6]
Laitié's works include: [1]