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Houdon

American  
[oo-dawn] / uˈdɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Jean Antoine 1741–1828, French sculptor.


Houdon British  
/ udɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Jean Antoine (ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan). 1741–1828, French neoclassical portrait sculptor

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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 first great statue of our first president was the work of a French sculptor, Jean-Antoine Houdon.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2011

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

There are some verses, little known, in praise of the Loire, as it comes through Touraine, written by Houdon des Landes, who lived near Tours in the eighteenth century.

From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)