Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Déloye studied under Jouffory and Danton the Younger. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1865, and was particularly renowned for his busts and medallions of celebrated contemporaries. In 1862 he was awarded the Second Grand Prize for his figure of Le Berger Aristée pleurant ses abeilles. After the 1870-71 war, Déloye spent several years in Vienna, where he executed busts of Count Andrassy, Count Levachoff and the Prince of Liechtenstein. On his return to Paris in 1879, he worked for the Hôtel de Ville, and received important commissions both from Commandant Hériot for the Château de La Boissière and from Mme Pelouze for the Château Chenonceau. One of his mort important works is the Monument to Garibaldi in Nice. He was awarded the Légion d'honneur in 1892, and in 1899 he exhibited a marble figure entitled Minerve (Victoire) at the Salon, which may be related to the present fine silver model of Victoire.