Charles-René Laitié
Charles-René Laitié (1782 – 11 December 1862) was a French sculptor. Early years. Charles-René Laitié was born in Paris in 1782. He became a pupil of Claude Dejoux (1732–1816). He also studied under Pierre Cartellier. He won a medal from the Royal School in the year XII, and the Grand Prix de Rome in 1804. The prize was awarded for his "Méléagre refusant son secours aux habitans de Calydon". While in Rome in 1806 Laitié made a plaster model of Homer. In 1827 he presented a small bronze at the Salon from this model, with the  date 1806. Bourbon Restoration. In 1820 Laitié was commissioned by the state to make a statue of Jean de La Fontaine, the poet. It was exhibited in the salon in 1822 and installed in Château-Thierry on 6 November 1824. He won a gold medal at the Salon of 1824. The sculptor Claude André Deseine had made a large sculpture of General Colbert during the First French Empire. Under Louis Philippe Laitié transformed it into a statue of Marshal Mortier, which was placed in the first court of the palace of Versailles. In 1963 it was moved to Le Plessis -Trévise, the marshal's home town. In 1830 Laitié made the central figure of "Charity" for the portico of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Paris. It is flanked by "Faith" by Denis Foyatier and "Hope" by Philippe Henri Lemaire. Works. Laitié's works include: