DEBAY, A family of French sculp tors. JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH the elder (1779 1863) was born at Malines and studied under Chaudet in Paris, where he afterwards settled permanently. He was made an officer of the Legion of Honor in 1825. Among his principal works are the marble statues of Mar tel," in the Versailles Museum. and of "Colbert." in the Luxembourg. an "Equestrian Statue of Louis XIV." at NImitpellier. two groups in mar Ide of and Argus," and "Girl in a Shell." which is generally pronounced his finest prodnethm. His son and pupil. JEAN BAPTISTE doSEP1I the younger (1802-621. was born at Nantes, and studied also under Bosio in Paris, when. he won the Grand Prix de Home in 1829. For his marble statue of a "Voung (lirl Slave" (1836) he received a first-class medal. Besides the statues of "Charles VIli." in the Versailles Museum, and of "General Cambronne" at Nantes, a •'Genitis of the Navy" and a of the Chase" are worthy of notice. his brother,
.:MreusTE IlvA•iNTIIE (1804-651s bona at Nantes, was equally exeellent as a seulpto• and painter. Ile was a pupil of his father, and. in painting. of Gros, in Paris, where he won the Grand l'rix in 1823. His finest plastic work is "The First Cradle," \Odell obtained a gold medal at the Universal Exposition of 1855. In the Louvre may be seen his statues of the architect Per rault. and of the painter Claude Lorrain. His most remarkable painting is the so-called "Field of the ('loth of Gold" in the Versailles Museum, an intensely dramatic composition on gigantie scale. representing the meeting be tween rrancis 1. and Henry VIII. in 1520. An "Episode of 1793 al Nantes" and "Lucretia on the ('ollatine dill" are in the Miitaitii at Nantes.