Jean-Louis Nicolas Jaley (27 January 1802, Paris – 30 May 1866, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French sculptor.
He was the pupil of his father Louis Jaley and Pierre Cartellier. In 1827, he won - together with François Lanno - the Prix de Rome for sculpture with a bas-relief Mucius Scævola devant Porsenna.
He was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery (49th division), near his father, who died in 1840.
Works La Prière (The Prayer), statue, marble, 1831, Paris, musée du LouvreCartelfr.louvre.fr La Pudeur (The Modesty), statue, marble, 1833, Paris, musée du LouvreCartelfr.louvre.fr Portrait du duc d'Orléans, statue, marble, 1842–1844, Paris, musée du LouvreCartelfr.louvre.fr allegorical figures of Vienna and London, Gare du Nord, Paris, circa 1864
References
Sources Emmanuel Schwartz, Les Sculptures de l'École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Histoire, doctrines, catalogue, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 2003 Domenico Gabrielli, Dictionnaire Historique du cimetière du Père-Lachaise XVIIIème et XIXème siècles, L'Amateur editions, 2002