Jean-Marie Valentin
Jean-Marie Valentin (; 17 October 1823 – 8 August 1896) was a French architect and sculptor specialising in religious furnishings such as pulpits, altars and statues. Born in Bourg-des-Comptes, Ille-et-Vilaine, he died in the 6th arrondissement of Paris at age 72. His father Antoine Louis Valentin (born 1784) was a master carpenter working mostly in ebony. Jean-Marie first worked at his father's workshop. In 1842, he studied at the École Municipale de Dessin et Sculpture in Rennes (this became the École Régionale des Beaux-Arts in 1881). He was taught sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Barré. In 1845, he received a bursary from the city of Rennes and travelled to Paris where he worked at a studio together with a Rennes sculptor called François Lanno. He then worked at the studio of François Rude. In around 1850 he settled back in Rennes and started to specialise in church furnishings. His works are numerous and can be seen throughout Ille-et-Vilaine. His first masterpiece was th ...
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