Jean-Jacques Castex
Jean-Jacques Castex (born April 9, 1731 in Toulouse , Haute-Garonne department , † 1822 in Paris ) was a French sculptor.
Life
Castex became a member of the Commission des sciences et des arts in 1798 at the request of the board of directors . As such, he accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte on his Egyptian campaign .
Castex made several trips to Egypt to study the ruins. To this day he is known for his wax model, which he made of the Zodiaque de Dénderah , an ancient Egyptian cycle of zodiac circles. Castex also made a contribution to the inscriptions on the temple of Philae .
The sketches and pictures he created were shown with great success at the exhibition of the Salon de Paris in 1819 .
Despite this work, which also flowed into the Description de l'Égypte , Castex was unable to gain a foothold in France again, either artistically or economically after “his Egyptian adventure”. He died in utter poverty in the Hospital Hôtel-Dieu (Paris) in 1822 .
literature
- Friedrich Max Kircheisen : Napoleon in the land of the pyramids and his successors 1798–1801 . Severus, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86347-322-8 (reprint of the Hamburg 1918 edition).
- Yves Laissus: L'Égypte, une aventure savante ave Bonaparte, Kléber , Menou 1798–1801 . Fayard, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-213-60096-1 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castex, Jean-Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1731 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toulouse , Haute-Garonne department |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1822 |
| Place of death | Paris |