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Houdon
[ oo-dawn ]
noun
- Jean An·toine [zhah, n, ah, n, -, twan], 1741–1828, French sculptor.
Houdon
/ udɔ̃ /
noun
- HoudonJean Antoine17411828MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor Jean Antoine (ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan). 1741–1828, French neoclassical portrait sculptor
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Houdon then returned to France and proceeded to carve a Carrara marble statue of his subject.
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The head of Washington, in profile from Houdon's bust, placed on a plain tablet.
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That is the quality you get in really good statuary—in Houdon, for instance, or in that triumph the archaic Archer in the Louvre.
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Doctor Franklin was setting out to America, and Houdon, the statuary, expressed a willingness to go with him.
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Houdon the sculptor molded her foot, and the great painters vied for the privilege of decorating the walls of her hotel.
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