{{Short description|French sculptor}} thumb|Drawing of Ramey by J. M. N. Frémy
'''Claude Ramey''' (29 October 1754{{spaced ndash}}4 June 1838) was a French sculptor.
==Life== Ramey was born in Dijon and received his art training in the ''École de Dessin'' in that city under François Devosge. He then went to Paris and studied Sculpture with Étienne-Pierre-Adrien Gois. In 1782, he won the Prix de Rome and was subsequently a ''pensionnaire'' at the French Academy in Rome from 1782 to 1786.<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/ramey Claude Ramey] (Answers.com)</ref>
Between 1806 and 1810 he was engaged on the bas reliefs on the Vendôme Column in Paris. In 1817, he was elected to the Academie des Beaux Arts; amongst his students was Jean-Pierre Cortot. In 1828, he produced a monumental statue of Cardinal Richelieu which was installed at Richelieu, Indre-et-Loire.<ref>[http://www.wikiphidias.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=199:ramey-claude-pere&catid=34:biographie&Itemid=53 Biography] (Wikiphidias).</ref>
Ramey died in Paris in June 1838. He was the father of Étienne-Jules Ramey (1796–1852), also a sculptor.
==Works== *''[http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=2587 Napoléon I in coronation robes]'' (Paris, Louvre Museum). *''[http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=5610 Napoleon I evokes Minerva, Mercury and the deities of Peace etc]'' (1811, relief, Louvre Museum). *''[http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=2573 Sappho]'' (1801, marble statue, Louvre Museum). *''L'Entrevue de Tilsit'' (marble bas-relief, Paris, Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel. *''Naiad'' (statue, Medici Fountain, Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg). *''Eugène de Beauharnais'', Viceroy of (1781-1824) (1810, marble statue, Palace of Versailles). *''Cardinal Richelieu'' (1828, Marble statue at Place Aristide-Briand, Richelieu (Indre-et-Loire). *''Minerve instruisant la jeunesse'' (1787, terracotta, Musée de la Révolution française)
==Gallery== {{gallery |Claude Ramey - Minerve.jpg|''Minerve instruisant la jeunesse'' (c. 1787) |Sappho Ramey Louvre RF157.jpg|''Sappho'' (1801) |Bust of Antoine-Cesar de Choiseul-Praslin.jpg|''Bust of Antoine-Cesar de Choiseul-Praslin, the Duke of Praslin'' (1808) |Pediment North facade Carree Louvre.jpg|Pediment of the north façade of the Cour Carrée of the Louvre (1811) |Napoleon Ramey Louvre LP456.jpg|''Napoleon I in coronation robes'' (1813) }}
==References== {{commons category}} {{reflist}} *This article incorporates text from the French Wikipedia, Claude Ramey.
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