Jean-Jacques Castex [SEP] occupation
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
- Gisèle d'Assailly, "Un voyage autour du monde".
- Henri Coulet, "Le Roman jusqu'à la Révolution".
- Jacques Harmand, "Une campagne césarienne : Alésia".
- Jean Cazeneuve, "L'Ethnologie".
- Louis Castex, "De Clément Ader à Gagarine".
- Marcel Pacaut, "Frédéric Barberousse".
- Michel Richard, "La Vie quotidienne des Protestants sous l'Ancien Régime".
- Osmin Ricau, "Aspects gascons des chemins de Saint-Jacques