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Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) Terracotta Bust
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Terracotta bust of a young girl with brown patina. Original brown marble base. Signed and dated 1783 on underside. Slight flake to the back of the sculpture. Prominent in France during the Enlightenment period of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Jean-Antoine Houdon was a neo-classical sculptor, especially noted for his marble portrait busts and statues. His subjects included Americans Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Robert Fulton, and among his French subjects were Denis Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Louis XVI and Napoléon Bonaparte. For King Louis, he did numerous statues for the gardens of Versailles. Houdon was a continuous exhibitor at the French Salon, and works included many of the above mentioned personages as well as Prince Henry of Prussia, Catharine of Russia, Voltaire, the playwright Moliere and Marshal de Tourville. Houdon was born in Versailles in 1714. His artistic talent was apparent from the time he was young, and at age 12, he enrolled in the Ecole Royale de Sculpture where he was a student of sculptor Michel Ange Slodtz (1705-1764). In 1761, at the age of 20, Houdon received a Prix de Rome, which was a scholarship sponsored and paid for by the King of France for art students to study at The Academy of France in Rome. He stayed in Italy for ten years, and there much delighted Pope Clement XIV and many other people with his statue of St. Bruno, which Houdon did for the church of St. Maria degli Angeli. Although receiving the Prix de Rome brought him public recognition and the duration provided some excellent exposure to Italian art, scholars indicate that he was not particularly influenced by either the Renaissance or Classical works. However, tangible evidence of some of that influence was the sculpture he titled Morpheus that he sent to the French Salon in 1771. That same year, because of the skill he had shown with Morpheus, and with entries two years earlier that were busts of Catharine II, Diderot and Prince Galitzin, Houdon was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts (painting and sculpture), one of the five academies of the Institute de France, a society of learned persons who set aesthetic standards. In 1778, he became a Professor at the Académie and has been described as being a very active teacher. During the French Revolution, he was censored as a 'bourgeois' because of his association with Louis XVI, but he was not imprisoned. Under the French Consulate, the government between 1799 and 1804, and the French Empire, 1804-1814, when Napoléon took over, Houdon regained his former stature. He executed architectural reliefs, did a statue of Cicero for the Senate, did portrait busts of Napoleon and his wife Josephine, and received the Legion of Honour. In 1785, at the invitation of Benjamin Franklin, America's Minister to France, Houdon traveled with Franklin to America to Virginia, where he visited Mount Vernon to model George Washington, who four years later would be elected President of the United States. From sittings, Houdon made wet-clay life models and a plaster life mask, which later were used, not only by Houdon in Paris for his portrait bust of Washington but for many sculpture works of Washington. Among these Washington subjects are the standing figure statue in the state capitol building in Richmond commissioned by the Virginia General Assembly; many variations of a portrait busts, and a statue in the Vermont State House depicting him in a toga as the Roman Consul Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus. Jean-Antoine Houdon died in Paris July 16, 1828, and is buried in Montparnasse Cemetery. From November 4, 2003 to January 25, 2004, an exhibition of Houdon's sculpture was held at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Size: 18 x 12 x 6 in.
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Terracotta bust of a young girl with brown patina. Original brown marble base. Signed and dated 1783 on underside. Slight flake to the back of the sculpture. Prominent in France during the Enlightenment period of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Jean-Antoine Houdon was a neo-classical sculptor, especially noted for his marble portrait busts and statues. His subjects included Americans Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Robert Fulton, and among his French subjects were Denis Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Louis XVI and Napoléon Bonaparte. For King Louis, he did numerous statues for the gardens of Versailles. Houdon was a continuous exhibitor at the French Salon, and works included many of the above mentioned personages as well as Prince Henry of Prussia, Catharine of Russia, Voltaire, the playwright Moliere and Marshal de Tourville. Houdon was born in Versailles in 1714. His artistic talent was apparent from the time he was young, and at age 12, he enrolled in the Ecole Royale de Sculpture where he was a student of sculptor Michel Ange Slodtz (1705-1764). In 1761, at the age of 20, Houdon received a Prix de Rome, which was a scholarship sponsored and paid for by the King of France for art students to study at The Academy of France in Rome. He stayed in Italy for ten years, and there much delighted Pope Clement XIV and many other people with his statue of St. Bruno, which Houdon did for the church of St. Maria degli Angeli. Although receiving the Prix de Rome brought him public recognition and the duration provided some excellent exposure to Italian art, scholars indicate that he was not particularly influenced by either the Renaissance or Classical works. However, tangible evidence of some of that influence was the sculpture he titled Morpheus that he sent to the French Salon in 1771. That same year, because of the skill he had shown with Morpheus, and with entries two years earlier that were busts of Catharine II, Diderot and Prince Galitzin, Houdon was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts (painting and sculpture), one of the five academies of the Institute de France, a society of learned persons who set aesthetic standards. In 1778, he became a Professor at the Académie and has been described as being a very active teacher. During the French Revolution, he was censored as a 'bourgeois' because of his association with Louis XVI, but he was not imprisoned. Under the French Consulate, the government between 1799 and 1804, and the French Empire, 1804-1814, when Napoléon took over, Houdon regained his former stature. He executed architectural reliefs, did a statue of Cicero for the Senate, did portrait busts of Napoleon and his wife Josephine, and received the Legion of Honour. In 1785, at the invitation of Benjamin Franklin, America's Minister to France, Houdon traveled with Franklin to America to Virginia, where he visited Mount Vernon to model George Washington, who four years later would be elected President of the United States. From sittings, Houdon made wet-clay life models and a plaster life mask, which later were used, not only by Houdon in Paris for his portrait bust of Washington but for many sculpture works of Washington. Among these Washington subjects are the standing figure statue in the state capitol building in Richmond commissioned by the Virginia General Assembly; many variations of a portrait busts, and a statue in the Vermont State House depicting him in a toga as the Roman Consul Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus. Jean-Antoine Houdon died in Paris July 16, 1828, and is buried in Montparnasse Cemetery. From November 4, 2003 to January 25, 2004, an exhibition of Houdon's sculpture was held at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Size: 18 x 12 x 6 in.
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We invite you to our Fine Art, and Antiques Extravaganza on Saturday, November 14 and Sunday, November 15, 2020 at 11am. The finest pieces from many estates will be offered with over 1,000 lots. A lifetime collection of fresh to marked late 19th C. and earlier 20th C. Russian works, including a monumental oil on canvas from Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky dated 1887, which is titled “Ship at Sea”. Featuring multiple lots of fine art from: Jane Peterson, John Stobart, Frank Von Der Lancken, David Burliuk, Andre Gisson, Gilbert White, Hayley Lever, Theresa Ferber Bernstein, Robert Hallowell, Marc Chagall, Dali and Joan Miro. Included is an important nude from Gil Elvgren and a monumental work from Dorothea Litzinger. Also, fine art from Charles Jacque, Arthur Beaumont, Howard Logan Hildebrandt, James Buttersworth, Dorothea Greenbaum, James Peel, Mabel May Woodward, Robert D. Wilkie, James Rosenquist, Marguerite Stuber Pearson, William Baptiste Baird. Another highlight will be a rare bone cane previously owned by Napoleon Bonaparte along with a collection of whale bone canes. Two 3.5 total carat stunning diamond rings and 1 beautiful diamond platinum cluster bracelet will also be offered for sale. A Philip and Kelvin LaVerne Chinoiserie style coffee table in patinated bronze and pewter (signed Philip & Kelvin LaVerne on top). Early Halloween and Christmas Papier-mache decorations, early Black Americana, and an antique Fireman’s Hat dated 1897 from an important ex-Cape Cod antique dealer will be offered. A collection of Fendi luggage and Gucci from the Franceso Gittardi estate will be offered as well. An Antique French Louis Phillipe Writing Desk & Chair, a collection of Bronzes including 19th C Bronze, ERTE and Chiparus bronzes. Also, including multiple Pre-Colombian pieces, antique spongeware, a collection of period Tea Caddies, 3 antique Samplers, antique Chinese porcelain table lamps, Japanese woodblocks, 18th C. Chinese export pieces, Mocha ware, Bennington ware pottery, Treenware, Imari porcelain, Overland cast iron, cold painted Royal Vienna Bronzes, important pewter, fine porcelain, Antique Chinese roof tiles, a Tiffany clock, antique French Gilt clock, sterling silver, gold, a collection of silk Persian rugs, Molteni glass and chrome dining table, art glass, 19th C. inlaid Regency center table, dollhouse furniture, antique spool cabinet, Early Nantucket basket, Antique duck decoys, Monumental Palau Open Pair Clam Shells, Qing Dynasty Porcelain, French canary yellow Criel Porcelain set, blue and white Willow, antique and vintage stained glass, plus much more…
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