Artist
Jean-Antoine Houdon(French, 1741–1828)French, 1741–1828
CultureFrench
Titles
- Portrait of Anne-Ange Houdon at the Age of Fifteen Months
Date1791
PlaceFrance
MediumUnglazed terracotta
Dimensions12 × 9 × 6 1/4 in. (30.5 × 22.9 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection
Object number44.578
Not on view
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Department
Arts of Europe and the MediterraneanSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Sculpture by Houdon," Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, 1964.
"A Summer of Children," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 20–August 9, 1970.
"Splendors of Eighteenth Century France and its Women of Influence," Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, May 12–August 4, 2002.
"Passion for Perfection: The Straus Collection of Renaissance Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 21, 2017–June 17, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed, proper right shoulder: Houdon
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Jean-Antoine Houdon
modeled 1780, cast 1787–1789
Plaster, with terracotta paint
2014.840
Luca della Robbia
possibly c. 1650–1750
Unglazed terracotta
44.597
