Jean-Baptiste Tuby (1635–1700) was a French sculptor of Italian origins who served Louis XIV of France and was regarded, with Antoine Coysevox, as one of the premier court sculptors of his time. He was born in Rome in 1635 and died in Paris in 1700. His work is remarkable for its extraordinary precision of symmetry and three-dimensional volume, its explosively animated forms, and for a delicate sense of embellishment and even humor. He is most renowned for the magnificent bronze centerpiece of… Read more...