Jean-Pancrace Chastel

Jean-Pancrace Chastel (1726-1793) was a French sculptor.

He was born in Avignon in 1726 and moved to Aix-en-Provence as a young boy.

He was the first professor to teach at the School of Sculpture in Aix-en-Provence, founded in 1774.

He sculpted three fountains in Aix-en-Provence: Mule-Noir, Prêcheurs (1748) and Tanneurs (1761). He also sculpted the top of the former Corn Exchange. Some of his sculptures can be found in the Musée Granet.

He married twice, and had a son. He died in poverty in a hospice in Aix-en-Provence.

The Rue Jean Pancrace Chastel in Avignon is named in his honor.

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