Amédée Ménard

King Gradlon by Amédée-René Ménard, a plaster model (ca. 1850) for his later sculpture in granite of the same title. King Gradlon by Amédée-René Ménard and the sculptor Le Brun de Lorient, 1858, granite statue at the cathedral of Saint-Corentin at Quimper, France. Amédée-René Ménard (16 October 1806 — 22 October 1873) was a French academic sculptor and art teacher.

Biography Amédée Ménard was born in Nantes, France, the son of René François Ménard, a timber merchant. which originally, located on the main staircase of the prefecture of Nantes, leading to the salons of the general council, was moved to the courtyard of the castle of the Dukes of Brittany before being vandalized in 1978. It was restored by Raffig Tullou. The Law and the Force (on the façade of the old courthouse, Nantes) Tomb figure of Bishop Joseph Marie Graveran, Quimper Cathedral Christ Blessing the Crowd (at Saint Emilien Church, Nantes) The Virgin (at Saint Anne church, Nantes) Bas relief on the tomb of Abbé Fresneau (at Notre Dame de Bon Port Church, Nantes) Bust of Joseph Chenentais, a fire marshal of Nantes Bust of General de Lamoricière