French sculptor, the son of a Lyonnaise sculptor, Jean Thierry. He moved to Paris as a young man with the support of Antoine Coysevox and Nicolas Coustou. He started working at Marly producing plaster casts after models for the marble groups. He was made an Academician in 1717. He was invited by Philip V of Spain to work with René Frémin on the palace of La Granja. He returned to Lyon at the end of his life. //