DE BAY, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph De Bay (also Debay), French sculptor. He was a pupil of the sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet. He made statues of historical figures and a number of busts. Several of his works are exhibited at Versailles, in the Louvre and in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes. The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Angers and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux also displays works by him.

He was father of two artists, Jean De Bay, sculptor and Auguste-Hyacinthe De Bay (1804-1865), sculptor and painter.