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Bust of François Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire (1694-1778)
Details
JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON (1741-1828), 1778
Bust of François Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire (1694-1778)
terracotta, signed and dated at the back "houdon f 1778", on a bleu turquin marble base, the circular black marble socle later
and inscribed: "M.F. AROUET / DE VOLT AIRE / BUSTE DONNÉ PAR LUI. MÊME/ AU MAL PRINCE DE BEAUVAU"
12 ¾ in. (32,5 cm) high; 17 1⁄3 in. (44 cm) high, overall
54,5 cm (21 ½ in.) high, overall with the counter base
Bust of François Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire (1694-1778)
terracotta, signed and dated at the back "houdon f 1778", on a bleu turquin marble base, the circular black marble socle later
and inscribed: "M.F. AROUET / DE VOLT AIRE / BUSTE DONNÉ PAR LUI. MÊME/ AU MAL PRINCE DE BEAUVAU"
12 ¾ in. (32,5 cm) high; 17 1⁄3 in. (44 cm) high, overall
54,5 cm (21 ½ in.) high, overall with the counter base
Provenance
Gift from François Marie Arouet, called Voltaire (1694-1778) to Charles Juste de Beauvau-Craon, 2nd Prince of Beauvau and Marquis of Haroué, Marshal of France (1720-1793),
then by descent to his daughter, Anne Louise Marie de Beauvau-Craon, princesse de Poix (1750-1834) wife of Philippe Louis de Noailles, vicomte de Lautrec and prince de Poix (1752-1819),
by descent to the present owner.
then by descent to his daughter, Anne Louise Marie de Beauvau-Craon, princesse de Poix (1750-1834) wife of Philippe Louis de Noailles, vicomte de Lautrec and prince de Poix (1752-1819),
by descent to the present owner.
Literature
H.H. Arnason, The sculptures of Houdon, London, 1975, p. 52.
Houdon. An exhibition of sculpture from the collection of Michael Hall, exh. cat. Washington, 1998, p. 29.
RELATED LITERATURE
M.-C. de Beauvau née Rohan-Chabot, Souvenirs de la maréchale princesse de Beauvau, née Rohan-Chabot : suivis des Mémoires du maréchal prince de Beauvau, Paris, 1872, pp. 30, 38.
G. Desnoiresterres, Voltaire et la société au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1876, pp. 285-286.
L. Amiable, Une loge maçonnique d’avant 1789, La R.L. Les neufs sœurs, Paris 1897, p. 61.
G. Giacometti, Le statuaire Jean-Antoine Houdon et son époque (1741-1828), vol. II, Paris, 1919, pp. 349-375.
L. Réau, Houdon. Sa vie et son œuvre, Paris, 1964, vols. III and IV, pp. 44-45 and pls. CIV to CIX, incl. fig. 202H.
H.H. Arnason, The sculptures of Houdon, London, 1975, p. 52, figs. 114 and 115.
Houdon. An exhibition of sculpture from the collection of Michael Hall, cat. expo. Washington, 1998, pp. 28-33.
A. Poulet, Jean-Antoine Houdon. Sculptor of the Enlightenment, Washington, 2003, pp. 152-156, no. 23.
A. Poulet, Jean-Antoine Houdon. Sculpteur des Lumières, Paris/Washington, 2003, pp. 152-156, no. 23.
G. Guislain and C. Tafanelli, Voltaire, Paris, 2005, p. 43.
W. Sauerländer, Essai sur les visages des bustes de Houdon, Paris, 2005, pp. 42-43.
G. Scherf, Houdon (1741-1828). Statues, portraits sculptés (...), Paris, 2006, pp. 68-75, nos. 10 and 11.
M. Bückling and G. Scherf, Jean-Antoine Houdon. La sculpture sensible, exh. cat. Musée Fabre and Frankfurt, 2009, pp. 120-123.
G. Scherf, Houdon at the Louvre. Masterworks of the Enlightenment, exh. cat., Louvre/Atlanta, Paris, 2008, pp. 48-53, no. 10 and 11.
Houdon. An exhibition of sculpture from the collection of Michael Hall, exh. cat. Washington, 1998, p. 29.
RELATED LITERATURE
M.-C. de Beauvau née Rohan-Chabot, Souvenirs de la maréchale princesse de Beauvau, née Rohan-Chabot : suivis des Mémoires du maréchal prince de Beauvau, Paris, 1872, pp. 30, 38.
G. Desnoiresterres, Voltaire et la société au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1876, pp. 285-286.
L. Amiable, Une loge maçonnique d’avant 1789, La R.L. Les neufs sœurs, Paris 1897, p. 61.
G. Giacometti, Le statuaire Jean-Antoine Houdon et son époque (1741-1828), vol. II, Paris, 1919, pp. 349-375.
L. Réau, Houdon. Sa vie et son œuvre, Paris, 1964, vols. III and IV, pp. 44-45 and pls. CIV to CIX, incl. fig. 202H.
H.H. Arnason, The sculptures of Houdon, London, 1975, p. 52, figs. 114 and 115.
Houdon. An exhibition of sculpture from the collection of Michael Hall, cat. expo. Washington, 1998, pp. 28-33.
A. Poulet, Jean-Antoine Houdon. Sculptor of the Enlightenment, Washington, 2003, pp. 152-156, no. 23.
A. Poulet, Jean-Antoine Houdon. Sculpteur des Lumières, Paris/Washington, 2003, pp. 152-156, no. 23.
G. Guislain and C. Tafanelli, Voltaire, Paris, 2005, p. 43.
W. Sauerländer, Essai sur les visages des bustes de Houdon, Paris, 2005, pp. 42-43.
G. Scherf, Houdon (1741-1828). Statues, portraits sculptés (...), Paris, 2006, pp. 68-75, nos. 10 and 11.
M. Bückling and G. Scherf, Jean-Antoine Houdon. La sculpture sensible, exh. cat. Musée Fabre and Frankfurt, 2009, pp. 120-123.
G. Scherf, Houdon at the Louvre. Masterworks of the Enlightenment, exh. cat., Louvre/Atlanta, Paris, 2008, pp. 48-53, no. 10 and 11.
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