Houdon
Americannoun
noun
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There is so much splendor in the renovated spaces that sometimes forgotten is a statue by Jean-Antoine Houdon of the 18th-century Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022
Mills’s 1860 equestrian statue of George Washington — its face modeled on the plaster cast by Houdon — was also a hit.
From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2020
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 portico will also feature movable pedestals on which to display the Frick’s collection of sculptures, including works like “Diana the Huntress,” by Jean-Antoine Houdon, which is currently in storage.
From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2010
In the Place Pigalle, General Susbielle gave the order to charge the crowd collected in the Rue Houdon, but the chasseurs, intimidated, spurred back their horses and were laughed at.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
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