Jean-Antoine Houdon
Jean-Antoine Houdon
1808 portrait by Rembrandt Peale
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a French neoclassical sculptor famous for his portrait busts and statues of philosophers, inventors and political figures of the Enlightenment.
Born
25 March 1741 Versailles, France
Died
15 July 1828 (aged 87) Paris, France
Nationality
French
Known for
Portrait sculpture
Awards
Prix de Rome
Spouse(s)
Marie-Ange-Cecile Langlois
adultbasic
France
Education
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
era
1600-1800