Jean-Jacques Castex (9 April 1731 – 1822) was a French sculptor.
Castex was born in Toulouse. He participated in the Napoleonic Campaign in Egypt. In January 1799, he accompanied the geographer Bertre in his travel to Fayoum. Yves Laissus, L'Égypte, une aventure savante, Paris, Fayard, 1998, p. 222 He was part of the committee led by Pierre Girard which left Cairo on 19 March 1799 to go to Upper Egypt. Yves Laissus, L'Égypte, une aventure savante, Paris, Fayard, 1998, p. 278 He made a wax model, reduced to one third, of the Dendera zodiac. Yves Laissus, L'Égypte, une aventure savante, Paris, Fayard, 1998, p. 282 He created, after the drawings he had brought back from Egypt, a Zodiaque, which was exhibited at the Salon of 1819 in Paris. Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, Paris, Gründ, 1999, t. III, p. 351 He remains famous for having carved an inscription on the stone of the great temple of Philae. Yves Laissus, L'Égypte, une aventure savante, Paris, Fayard, 1998, p. 285-286 Despite his talent, he died in poverty at the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris. Edouard de Villiers du Terrage, Journal et souvenirs sur l'expédition d'Égypte, mis en ordre et publiés par le baron Marc de Villiers du Terrage, Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit, 1899, and L'expédition d'Égypte 1798-1801, Journal et souvenirs d'un jeune savant, Paris, Cosmopole, 2001 and 2003, p. 356
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