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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Portrait bust of a noble woman

After Jean-Antoine Houdon

Portrait bust of a noble woman

Sale Date: February 22, 1996

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Le baiser rendu

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Le baiser rendu

Sale Date: February 7, 1996

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Comte de Buffon, 1782

Studio of Jean-Antoine Houdon

Comte de Buffon, 1782

Sale Date: January 11, 1996

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Bust of the Emperor Napoleon

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Bust of the Emperor Napoleon

Sale Date: November 18, 1995

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Portrait-Büste von Voltaire (François-Marie..., 1778

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Portrait-Büste von Voltaire (François-Marie..., 1778

Sale Date: November 2, 1995

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La frileuse

After Jean-Antoine Houdon

Sale Date: November 1, 1995

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Busto de Voltaire

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Busto de Voltaire

Sale Date: October 18, 1995

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Bust of Sabine, 1925

After Jean-Antoine Houdon

Bust of Sabine, 1925

Sale Date: September 30, 1995

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Bust of Claudine

After Jean-Antoine Houdon

Bust of Claudine

Sale Date: September 28, 1995

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Lovers

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Sale Date: September 23, 1995

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Bust of the Emperor Napoleon

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Bust of the Emperor Napoleon

Sale Date: September 17, 1995

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Diana

After Jean-Antoine Houdon

Sale Date: July 18, 1995

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Bust of a young girl, 1880

After Jean-Antoine Houdon

Bust of a young girl, 1880

Sale Date: July 18, 1995

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Diana

Studio of Jean-Antoine Houdon

Sale Date: July 4, 1995

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Diana, 1850

Follower of Jean-Antoine Houdon

Sale Date: June 7, 1995

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Bust of George Washington, 1898

After Jean-Antoine Houdon

Bust of George Washington, 1898

Sale Date: May 12, 1995

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Diana

After Jean-Antoine Houdon

Sale Date: April 25, 1995

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Buste d'une jeune fille les cheveux tombant sur...

Attributed to Jean-Antoine Houdon

Buste d'une jeune fille les cheveux tombant sur...

Sale Date: March 27, 1995

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Esquisse de la frileuse, 1750

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Esquisse de la frileuse, 1750

Sale Date: March 27, 1995

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Buste représentant Glück

After Jean-Antoine Houdon

Buste représentant Glück

Sale Date: February 17, 1995

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Bust of a youth, 1775

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Bust of a youth, 1775

Sale Date: December 13, 1994

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Cupid firing his bow

After Jean-Antoine Houdon

Cupid firing his bow

Sale Date: November 22, 1994

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Diana

After Jean-Antoine Houdon

Sale Date: November 15, 1994

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Diana, 1850

Follower of Jean-Antoine Houdon

Sale Date: November 4, 1994

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