Jean-Jacques Castex, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French artist
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Place of Birth: Toulouse, Occitania, France
About Jean-Jacques Castex
- Jean-Jacques Castex (9 April 1731 – 1822) was a French sculptor. Castex was born in Toulouse.
- He participated in the Napoleonic Campaign in Egypt.
- In January 1799, he accompanied the geographer Bertre in his travel to Fayoum.
- He was part of the committee led by Pierre Girard which left Cairo on 19 March 1799 to go to Upper Egypt.
- He made a wax model, reduced to one third, of the Dendera zodiac.
- He created, after the drawings he had brought back from Egypt, a Zodiaque, which was exhibited at the 1819 Salon.
- He remains famous for having carved an inscription on the stone of the great temple of Philae.
- Despite his talent, he died in poverty at the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris.
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