Chabry, Marc

Chabry, Marc a French painter and sculptor, was born at Lyons in 1660, and studied there under Puget. He executed in that city a large number of works in both departments of art, among which were the paintings and bass-reliefs that adorn the great altar of the Church of St. Antoine; also two statues of Hercules and The Virgin, for the king, who appointed him sculptor to the city of Lyons. He died there in 1727. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Générale, s.v.