Vestal
Artist
Jean-Antoine Houdon(French, 1741–1828)French, 1741–1828
CultureFrench
Titles
- Vestal
Dateprobably before 1777
MediumTerracotta with "bleu Turquin" marble base
Dimensions24 1/2 × 10 in. diameter (62.2 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Endowment
Object number2018.125
Not on view
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Department
Arts of Europe and the MediterraneanObject Type
Published References Janoray, Charles. Antiquity Revisited. The Classical Tradition in Sculpture from Houdon to Guillaume, New York, 2000. Aranson, H.H. Scupture by Houdon, A Loan Exhibition. Worcester, Worcester Art Museum, 1964. Arnason, H. H., The Sculptures of Houdon, London, 1975. Houdon, An Exhibition of Sculpture from the Collection of Michael Hall, Esq., New York, 1998. Pietrangeli, Carlo, Musei Capitolini Guida Breve, Rome, 1974. Quatremère de Quincy, Receuil de notices historiques, Paris 1834. Réau, Louis, Houdon, sa vie et son œuvre, Paris, 1964. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No inscriptions.
No marks.
Catalogue raisonnéRéau, Louis, Houdon, sa e et son œuvre, Paris, 1964, vol. 2, 11, ill. 3a.
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