Jean Baptiste Defernex

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Place: Paris

Born: 1729

Death: 1783

Biography:

Jean-Baptist Defernex (c. 1729–c. 1783) was a French sculptor, best known for his portrait busts, most often of women. Little is known of Defernex's early training, but he started as a modeler at the Sèvres factory. He was sculptor to the Duc d'Orléans and worked on gilded lead statue groups of children at the Palais-Royal. Defernex was not a membe...

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