Charles-René Laitié (1782 – 11 December 1862) was a French sculptor.

Charles-René Laitié
Portrait of Charles-René Laitié sculpting la Force c. 1824
Born	1782 Paris, France
Died	11 December 1862 Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Sculptor

Early years

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]

Bourbon Restoration

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]

Works

Laitié's works include:[1]

• 1812 Bust of Man (marble)
• 1814 Bust of the king
• 1817 Astronomer, bas-relief intended for the fountain of the Bastille.
• 1819 St. John the Baptist
• 1822 marble bust of Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier, engraver-general of currencies
• 1822 Statue of Jean de La Fontaine, marble, 6 ft high, for the town of Château-Thierry
• 1822 St. Luke, stone statue, 12 ft high for Arras Cathedral
• 1824 Charity plaster group for the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont
• 1824 Stone bas-relief stone for the center of the courtyard of the Louvre, representing Justice and Strength[7]
• 1824 Bust of Mme Tiolier
• 1827 Homer plaster statue 5 ft 9 inches.
• Relief for the ceiling of the staircase of the Paris Bourse, representing Themis and Mercury
• 1825 Marble bas relief, representing Painting placed in the grand staircase of the Museum, 6 ft, included in the exhibition of 1827

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