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Identifier: memoirsoflifewor00hart (find matches)
Title: Memoirs of the life and works of Jean Antoine Houdon : the sculptor of Voltaire and of Washington
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918 Biddle, Edward
Subjects: Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828
Publisher: Philadelphia : printed for the authors
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF JEAN ANTOINE HOUDON THE SCULPTOR OF VOLTAIRE AND OF WASHINGTON BY CHARLES HENRY HART AND EDWARD BIDDLE WITH THIRTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS PHILADELPHIA PRINTED FOR THE AUTHORS MCMXI Copyright, 191 I, by Charles Henry Hart and Edward Biddle THE LIBRARY BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYPROVO, UTAH Contents Proem xi PAGE Chapter I (1741-1769) 3 Birth and student days in Rome. Statues of Saint Bruno and of John the Baptist. The Ecorche. Chapter II (1769-1777) 12 Return to Paris. Rapid rise to fame. Statues of Morpheeand of Diana. Busts of Diderot, Gluck, and Sophie Arnould. Chapter III (1778) 32 Voltaire. His busts and his statue in the Comedie-Frangaise.The bust crowned at the sixth representation of Ireneshown to have been by Houdon. Chapter IV (1777) 62 Tomb of Montgomery by Caffieri: our first national monu-ment. Chapter V (1778) 73 Bust of Franklin. Caffieris jealousy of Houdon. Lettersfrom Caffieri to Franklin. Caffieris bust of Franklin wronglyatmemoirsoflifewor00hart

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  • Louis Léopold Boilly: L'atelier de Houdon vers 1804 Paris Musée des Arts Décoratifs
    Louis Léopold Boilly: L'atelier de Houdon
    vers 1804
    Paris
    Musée des Arts Décoratifs
  • Pierre-Edmond Martin d'après François Gérard: Letizia Ramolino dite madame Mère daté 1810 Palais de Caserta
    Pierre-Edmond Martin d'après François Gérard:
    Letizia Ramolino dite madame Mère
    daté 1810
    Palais de Caserta
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Français : Reproduction d'après Louis Léopold Boilly: Jean Antoine Houdon modelant le buste de Bonaparte Premier Consul, huile sur toile exécutée vers 1802 - 1803, 56,5 x 46,5 cm et conservée au Musée du Louvre appartient à une série d'études préparatoires réalisées par Boilly pour un tableau présenté au Salon de 1804 aujourd'hui connu sous le titre L'Atelier de Houdon. Un buste consulaire en terre cuite est mentionné dans le catalogue de la vente après décès (1828) de Houdon. Il est aujourd'hui perdu (source: www.napoleon.org). Un buste comparable figure dans le portrait intitulé Letizia Ramolino Bonaparte, dite madame Mère réalisé en 1804 par François Gérard, conservé aux National Galleries Scotland à Edimbourg dont une copie signée et datée "Pierre-Edmond Martin, septembre 1810" se trouve au Palais de Caserta en Italie (Gérard Hubert, Guy Ledoux-Lebard: Napoléon: portraits contemporains, bustes et statues, Athena, 1999).
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  • bookyear:1911
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Hart__Charles_Henry__1847_1918
  • bookauthor:Biddle__Edward
  • booksubject:Houdon__Jean_Antoine__1741_1828
  • bookpublisher:Philadelphia___printed_for_the_authors
  • bookcontributor:Harold_B__Lee_Library
  • booksponsor:Brigham_Young_University
  • bookleafnumber:15
  • bookcollection:brigham_young_university
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