Artist
Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741–1828)French, 1741–1828
CultureFrench
Titles
- Portrait Bust of John Paul Jones (1747–1792)
Datemodeled 1780, cast 1787–1789
MediumPlaster, with terracotta paint
Dimensions28 × 20 × 13 in. (71.1 × 50.8 × 33 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by John F. Bookout III, Frank J. Hevrdejs, Jeffery D. Hildebrand, and Robert B. Tudor III at "One Great Night in November, 2014"
Object number2014.840
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
106 Cameron Gallery
On view
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Department
American ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryParis Salon, 1781.
"Radicals and Revolutionaries: America's Founding Fathers," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 10–May 28, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Incised signature on proper right truncation: HOUDON
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