Joseph_Jan_Baptiste_de_Bay
Jan Baptist Jozef de Bay, known as Jozef de Bay and Jean Baptiste Joseph de Bay the Elder, signed as De Bay Père (Mechelen, 16 October 1779–Paris, 1863) was a Flemish sculptor, museum conservator and art restorer.[1] After training in Mechelen, Nantes and Paris,[2][3] he spent most of his active career in France where he executed many portrait sculptures in a classicist style. He became conservator of the collection of antique sculptures of the Louvre.[4]