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Jean-Antoine Houdon: portrait sculpture in Enlightenment France (1760–1815)

Jean-Antoine Houdon: portrait sculpture in Enlightenment France (1760–1815)

  1. Jean-Antoine Houdon is born in Versailles

    Labels: Jean-Antoine Houdon, Versailles
  2. Residence at the French Academy in Rome begins

    Labels: Acad mie, Villa Medici
  3. Marble Saint Bruno completed in Rome

    Labels: Saint Bruno, Santa Maria
  4. Houdon models L’Écorché anatomy figure

    Labels: L corch, anatomy model
  5. Morpheus presented for Académie Royale reception

    Labels: Morpheus, Acad mie
  6. Diderot bust shown at the Salon

    Labels: Denis Diderot, Salon
  7. Houdon sculpts a marble Diderot bust

    Labels: Denis Diderot, marble bust
  8. Voltaire and Rousseau portraits anchor Enlightenment fame

    Labels: Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  9. Franklin bust exhibited in the Paris Salon

    Labels: Benjamin Franklin, Paris Salon
  10. Virginia commissions Houdon’s Washington statue

    Labels: George Washington, Virginia legislature
  11. Houdon takes Washington life mask at Mount Vernon

    Labels: Mount Vernon, life mask
  12. Houdon sculpts a marble bust of Thomas Jefferson

    Labels: Thomas Jefferson, marble bust
  13. Houdon portrays revolutionary leader Mirabeau

    Labels: Mirabeau, revolutionary leader
  14. Washington statue shipped and installed in Richmond

    Labels: Washington statue, Virginia State
  15. Houdon dies in Paris, closing his era

    Labels: Jean-Antoine Houdon, Paris