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Title: French architects and sculptors of the XVIIIth century
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Dilke, Emilia Francis Strong, Lady, 1840-1904
Subjects: Architects Sculpture, French Sculptors
Publisher: London, G. Bell and sons
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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ldren—a girl and a boy—I lately saw in the collection ofM. Bardac. With these may be cited the charming Buste de sa fille Sabine —from the collection RuefF—now exhibited in the Petit Palais of the Paris Exhibition. 2 Salons of 1777 and 1787. 17 Jan., 1816, Houdon begs that the bust ofLouis XVI., executed by him for the Agents de change, may be returned to him.Arch, du Musee, t. i., p. 428. 3 For the Empress Catherine, 1783. ! 1787. 5 Given to him by the laboureurs du Soissonnais, of which province he hadbeen intendant, to be placed in the Hotel de Ville at Soissons. Bulln. Soc. delHist. de lArt fr., p. 209. 6 See the Salons of Houdon, Appendix, and Catalogue de PCEuvre de Houdon. 7 Lenoir, Son Journal et le Musee des Monuments francais, t. iii., p. 376.Courajod, 1887. See Salon of 1791. 8 There is a reference to a bust of Buffon by Houdon. C. L., March, 1782. Thebust, probably, executed for Catherine II. and exhibited in 1783. .38 Mlle. Brongniart. By Houdon.(Musee du Louvre.)
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1779 by Jean-Jacques Caffieri, shows the irritation with which Thehis fellow Academicians regarded a practice which was not only pj^\\g?contrary to received tradition but placed them at a disadvantage, jean-The crowd found special attraction in visiting Houdons atelier in j^J*jn^the Bibliotheque du roi, and were familiar with his works long andbefore they made their appearance at the Salon. Ce qui con- Claudefirme le public, wrote Caffieri, dans sa grande reputation ou ^oafon*1*plus tot dans sa charlatannerie, cest quil fait voir ces ouvragestoute lannee gratis a la Bibliotheque du Roy. On donne cepend-ant pour boire au Suisse qui est charge de la part du Sieur Houdonde faire un long detail des beautes de chaque figure et portrait quisont sans nombre, car lautheur debite beaucoup de marchandise.Le Suisse a grand soin, en reconduisant le monde, et apres avoirlorgne le don gratuit, de dire Messieurs et Mesdames, envoyeznous vos parants, amis et connoissance, car M. Houdon est le plushab

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