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

1. Jean-Antoine Houdon is born in Versailles

   Mar 20, 1741Labels: Jean-Antoine Houdon, Versailles

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2. Houdon wins the Prix de Rome

   Jan 1, 1761Labels: Prix de, Acad mie

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3. Residence at the French Academy in Rome begins

   Jan 1, 1764Labels: Acad mie, Villa Medici

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4. Marble Saint Bruno completed in Rome

   Jan 1, 1767Labels: Saint Bruno, Santa Maria

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5. Houdon models L’Écorché anatomy figure

   Jan 1, 1767Labels: L corch, anatomy model

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6. Morpheus presented for Académie Royale reception

   Jan 1, 1770Labels: Morpheus, Acad mie

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7. Diderot bust shown at the Salon

   Aug 25, 1771Labels: Denis Diderot, Salon

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8. Houdon sculpts a marble Diderot bust

   Jan 1, 1773Labels: Denis Diderot, marble bust

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9. Voltaire and Rousseau portraits anchor Enlightenment fame

   Jan 1, 1778Labels: Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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10. Franklin bust exhibited in the Paris Salon

    Aug 25, 1779Labels: Benjamin Franklin, Paris Salon

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11. Virginia commissions Houdon’s Washington statue

    Jun 1, 1784Labels: George Washington, Virginia legislature

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12. Houdon takes Washington life mask at Mount Vernon

    Oct 10, 1785Labels: Mount Vernon, life mask

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13. Houdon sculpts a marble bust of Thomas Jefferson

    Jan 1, 1789Labels: Thomas Jefferson, marble bust

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14. Houdon portrays revolutionary leader Mirabeau

    Jan 1, 1791Labels: Mirabeau, revolutionary leader

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15. Washington statue shipped and installed in Richmond

    May 14, 1796Labels: Washington statue, Virginia State

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16. Houdon dies in Paris, closing his era

    Jan 1, 1828Labels: Jean-Antoine Houdon, Paris

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