A BRONZE FIGURE OF VOLTAIRE

FRENCH, AFTER HOUDON

Details

A BRONZE FIGURE OF VOLTAIRE
French, After Houdon
On a circular stepped green-veined white marble base
10in. (25.5cm.) high

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Lot Essay

This bronze of the philosopher and writer Voltaire was inspired by Voltaire assis (1770-1780) by Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828). Other monumental versions of this model are now in the Comédie Française (originally made for Voltaire's niece) and in the Hermitage (originally made for Catherine III of Russia).