Jean-Antoine_Houdon,_Voltaire,_1778,_NGA_1266.jpg

Summary

Jean-Antoine Houdon : Voltaire wikidata:Q63809772 reasonator:Q63809772
Artist
Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741–1828) wikidata:Q318741
Jean-Antoine Houdon
Description French sculptor and medalist
Date of birth/death 20 March 1741 Edit this at Wikidata 15 July 1828 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Versailles Paris
Work location
Rome (1764–1768); Paris (1776) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q318741
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image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Voltaire Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Voltaire Edit this at Wikidata "
label QS:Len,"Voltaire Edit this at Wikidata "
label QS:Lde,"Voltaire"
Object type bust Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1778 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium marble Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 52.7 cm (20.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata ; width: 45.5 cm (17.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata ; depth: 33.3 cm (13.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+52.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+45.5U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,+33.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q214867
Accession number
1942.9.127 ( National Gallery of Art ) Edit this at Wikidata
Credit line Widener Collection
References
Source/Photographer

https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.1266.html

Permission
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Captions

The bust was owned by Frederick the Great

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

Voltaire