Saint-Sulpice, l'écrin d'un collectionneur
Saint-Sulpice, l'écrin d'un collectionneur
Bust of Claudine Houdon at twelve months
Auction Closed
September 25, 04:17 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741 - 1828) and workshop
French, circa 1793
Bust of Claudine Houdon at twelve months
remains of the red wax cachet d'atelier on the back inscribed HOUDO(N) / S.C.
patinated plaster; on a breccia marble base
Height. (total) 16 ¾ in.
Height. (bust) 13 ⅜ in.
Collection Pierre Decourcelle, Paris, 29-30 May 1911, lot 192 ;
Bought by Robert Linzeler for Burns, New York ;
English private collection.
G. Giacometti, Le Statuaire Jean-Antoine Houdon et son époque (1741-1828), Paris, 1918, t. II, p. 17.
L. Réau, Houdon, sa vie et son œuvre, Paris, 1964, t. IV, p. 50.
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