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Description: | Artist: Houdon, Jean-Antoine, sculptor - French artist, 1741-1828; Date(s): circa 1778; Classification(s): sculpture, figure, moulding, terracotta, supported on a pedestal of grey and black marble with gilt-bronze mouldings; Acquisition: bequeathed by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray, 1960, Given by L.C.G. Clarke, MA, LLD [M.124-1961]
Description: Terracotta, supported on a pedestal of grey and black marble with gilt-bronze mouldings. Voltaire is seated in an armchair; wrapped in a loose dressing gown; his right hand resting on the arm of the chair and his head turned slightly to the right. At the back of the chair there is a red wax seal ACADEM./ROYALE/ DE PEINTURE/ ET SCULPT./HOUDON/SC.'. The figure is enclosed in a rectangular glazed case with ormolu framing. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | sculpture figure Houdon, Jean-Antoine | Temporal: | name=late 18th century; start=1778; end=1778 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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