Jean-Antoine Houdon

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Jean-Antoine Houdon was an 18th-century French neoclassical sculptor renowned for his realistic portrait busts of leading Enlightenment figures such as Voltaire, Rousseau, and George Washington.

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Jean-Antoine Houdon canonical 36
Houdon, Jean-Antoine 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French person
Neoclassical artist
human
portrait sculptor
sculptor
awardReceived Prix de Rome
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1741-03-20
dateOfDeath 1828-07-15
educatedAt Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
École royale des élèves protégés
ethnicGroup French
familyName Houdon
fieldOfWork sculpture
fullName Jean-Antoine Houdon self-link
genre portrait sculpture
givenName Jean-Antoine
influencedBy Enlightenment ideals
classical sculpture
knownFor lifelike representations of Enlightenment figures
realistic portrait busts
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement Neoclassicism
notableWork Bust of Benjamin Franklin
Bust of Buffon
George Washington statue by Jean-Antoine Houdon
surface form: Bust of Cincinnatus (George Washington as Cincinnatus)

Bust of Condorcet
Bust of Denis Diderot
Bust of George Washington
Bust of Helvétius
Bust of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Bust of John Paul Jones
Bust of La Fayette
Bust of Louis XVI
Bust of Madame Houdon
Bust of Marie Antoinette
Bust of Mirabeau
Bust of Molière
Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte
Bust of Prince Henry of Prussia
Bust of Robert Fulton
Bust of Sophie Arnould
Bust of Turgot
Bust of Voltaire
Diana
surface form: Diana the Huntress

Seated Voltaire
Statue of George Washington (Richmond, Virginia)
Winter (La Frileuse)
periodOfActivity 18th century
early 19th century
placeOfBirth Kingdom of France
Versailles
placeOfDeath France
Paris
residence Paris
Rome
sexOrGender male

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Houdon notableBearer Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Jean-Jacques Rousseau creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Jean-Jacques Rousseau notableWorkOf Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Benjamin Franklin creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Benjamin Franklin notableWorkOf Jean-Antoine Houdon
Winter (La Frileuse) creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Molière creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Molière creatorName Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Molière notableWorkOf Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte notableWorkOf Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Sophie Arnould creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Sophie Arnould notableWorkOf Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Sophie Arnould creatorName Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Prince Henry of Prussia creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Prince Henry of Prussia creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
this entity surface form: Houdon, Jean-Antoine
Bust of Prince Henry of Prussia notableWorkOf Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Robert Fulton creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Robert Fulton creatorName Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Louis XVI creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Louis XVI hasCreator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Denis Diderot creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Denis Diderot notableWorkOf Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Denis Diderot hasCreator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of George Washington creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Madame Houdon creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Turgot creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Turgot creatorName Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Helvétius creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Helvétius notableWorkOf Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of La Fayette creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Condorcet creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Buffon creator Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Buffon notableWorkOf Jean-Antoine Houdon