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Jean-Antoine Houdon

[French Neoclassical Sculptor, 1741-1828]

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2 works by Jean-Antoine Houdon online

Jean-Antoine Houdon at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
Robert Fulton

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
George Washington
Bust of Voltaire
, 1781

Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
5 works by Houdon

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Bust of Marie-Sébastien-Charles-François Fontaine de Biré

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Bust of Louise Brongniart, 1777
Bust of Fontaine de Biré, 1785

Jean-Antoine Houdon at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Diana, bronze, 1790

Jean-Antoine Houdon at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Louise and Alexandre Brongniart, terracotta, 1777

Jean-Antoine Houdon at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Two busts of Voltaire, with wig and bare-headed, 1778

Jean-Antoine Houdon at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Buffon

Jean-Antoine Houdon in the Louvre Museum Database, Paris (only available in French)
22 sculptures

Jean-Antoine Houdon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City  
Sabine Houdon, portrait bust (Zoom)

Metropolitan Museum of Art Timetable of Art History, New York City  
Bust of Voltaire, 1778

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  
Sculpture collection online

Jean-Antoine Houdon at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
6 works by Jean-Antoine Houdon

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa  

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Voltaire, Seated in an Armchair, gilded bronze statue, 1778

Art Fund for UK Museums

Boston Athenaeum
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington


Bowes Museum, County Durham, UK
Bust of a Child

Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
5 works by or related to the artist

Frick Collection, New York City
Armand-Thomas Hue, Marquis de Miromesnil, marble, 1777
Diana the Huntress, terracotta
The Comtesse du Cayla, marble, 1777

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Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington - Provenance Research Project
Clay busts of a brother and sister

Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French)  

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Aymard-Jean de Nicolay, Premier President de la Chambre des Comptes

Maryland State Archives

Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris
Une paysanne de Frascati

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina (in Spanish)  

National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Diana (with a 360-degree Quicktime view - slow-loading but a nice touch)

National Statuary Hall, Washington D.C.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
John Paul Jones

Philadelphia Museum of Art
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2 works by Jean-Antoine Houdon online

U.S. Senate Art Collection
John Paul Jones

Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts
Claudine Houdon, ca.1791

Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)

 
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George Washington

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)  

El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word) (in Spanish)  

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Statue of Washington

 
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Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Jean-Antoine Houdon
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Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

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Biographical info

Artcyclopedia
"Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment"

  
 
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Bust of Voltaire without his wig
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Bust of Benjamin Franklin
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Flayed Body (L'Ecorche)
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