Houdon
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Houdon was celebrated for capturing his subjects’ appearances exactly, but, even more so, for suggesting their character.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Governors come and go — 14 in the past 52 years — but Brown is as constant as the rotunda’s Houdon statue of George Washington.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2022
Now the man who would not be king, as rendered by the sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon, stood on a pedestal beneath the round skylight crowning Virginia’s capitol dome.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2015
The bust of the actor Larive in the role of Brutus immortalized in marble by Houdon in 1784 could be a spoof.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2010
Varachon growled at Houdon, and Garnier reached for a water-bottle as the handiest weapon of defense.
From The Azure Rose A Novel by Kauffman, Reginald Wright
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