Jean-Antoine Houdon was a French Neoclassical sculptor who lived from 1741 to 1828, famous for portrait busts and statues of the philosophers, inventors and political figures of the Enlightenment. His subjects included Denis Diderot, Benjamin Franklin, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonaparte, making his body of work a gallery of the era's most significant figures. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Houdon is famous for his portrait busts and statues of philosophers, inventors and political figures of the Enlightenment.
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Houdon is famous for his portrait busts and statues of philosophers, inventors and political figures of the Enlightenment.
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Jean-Antoine, chevalier Houdon (French: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan udɔ̃]; 20 March 1741-15 July 1828) was a French neoclassical sculptor.
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