Jean-Antoine Houdon

(French, 1741–1828)

Jean-Antoine Houdon a French Neoclassical portrait sculptor, best known for his busts of contemporary political and cultural figures of the French Enlightenment. His work is characterized by its lively sense of realism and lack of idealism, capturing his subject’s transient expressions. Influenced by Classical masters such as Michelangelo, he often sculpted directly from life or by casting his model’s faces. He was born in Versailles, France on March 25, 1741, and after attending several French institutions of fine art during his youth—notably including the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture—Houdon found success after submitting his terra-cotta patinated plaster cast Morpheus to the Paris Salon of 1771. He had a lengthy and prolific career, sculpting such prominent figures as Napoleon Bonaparte, Voltaire, and even George Washington, for which he crossed the Atlantic and spent 12 days at Mount Vernon. Though he fell out of popularity and narrowly avoided imprisonment at the hands of the French Revolution for his bourgeois ties, his popularity later resumed and he was inducted into the Legion of Honor in 1804. He died in Paris, France on July 15, 1828, and is now interred in the famed Montparnasse Cemetery.

Jean-Antoine Houdon Artworks

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Diane nue, 1900

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Diane nue, 1900

Sale Date: October 25, 2010

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Sortie du bain

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Sortie du bain

Sale Date: September 13, 2010

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Buste de l'écorché

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Buste de l'écorché

Sale Date: June 13, 2010

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La frileuse

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Sale Date: June 18, 2010

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La frileuse

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Sale Date: June 8, 2010

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Marie Louise Brogniart enfant en buste

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Marie Louise Brogniart enfant en buste

Sale Date: June 15, 2010

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Buste de Diane

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Buste de Diane

Sale Date: March 18, 2010

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Głowa Woltera

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Głowa Woltera

Sale Date: September 20, 2007

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Buste représentant le portrait de Rousseau, les...

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Buste représentant le portrait de Rousseau, les...

Sale Date: December 18, 2009

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Bust of Benjamin Franklin, 1778

After Jean-Antoine Houdon

Bust of Benjamin Franklin, 1778

Sale Date: December 3, 2009

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Bust of George Washington, 1898

After Jean-Antoine Houdon

Bust of George Washington, 1898

Sale Date: September 12, 2009

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Bust of George Washington, 1787

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Bust of George Washington, 1787

Sale Date: July 9, 2009

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Buste de M. Bordas-Pardoux vêtu d'une cape...

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Buste de M. Bordas-Pardoux vêtu d'une cape...

Sale Date: July 1, 2009

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Buste de Voltaire, 1778

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Buste de Voltaire, 1778

Sale Date: July 1, 2009

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Le baiser

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Sale Date: June 24, 2009

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Buste représentant Voltaire, 1780

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Buste représentant Voltaire, 1780

Sale Date: June 24, 2009

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Bust of Benjamin Franklin

After Jean-Antoine Houdon

Bust of Benjamin Franklin

Sale Date: June 13, 2009

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Monsieur Le Marquis de Lafayette, 1790

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Monsieur Le Marquis de Lafayette, 1790

Sale Date: May 5, 2009

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L'Hiver ou La Frileuse, 1781–1783

Jean-Antoine Houdon

L'Hiver ou La Frileuse, 1781–1783

Sale Date: May 9, 2009

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Paire de profil figurant un jeune homme et..., 1800

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Paire de profil figurant un jeune homme et..., 1800

Sale Date: April 3, 2009

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Buste du marquis de Méjanès, 1786

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Buste du marquis de Méjanès, 1786

Sale Date: December 5, 2008

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Psyche reviving Cupid with a kiss

After Jean-Antoine Houdon

Psyche reviving Cupid with a kiss

Sale Date: December 3, 2008

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Diana, 1875–1899

After Jean-Antoine Houdon

Diana, 1875–1899

Sale Date: October 28, 2008

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Portrait de Jean-Jacques Rousseau à l'Antique, 1778

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Portrait de Jean-Jacques Rousseau à l'Antique, 1778

Sale Date: October 22, 2008

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