Widely acknowledged as the greatest portrait sculptor of the 18th century, Jean-Antoine Houdon is recognized for his uncanny ability to capture the essence of important contemporaries, including Washington, Jefferson, Voltaire, Diderot, and other notables of the enlightenment period. The exhibition, Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment, features more than 70 Houdon sculptures, brought together from around the world for the first time in nearly two hundred years.
 

The Getty mounts first major exhibition of work by the greatest portrait sculptor of the 18th century

Jean-Antoine Houdon's bust of Marie-Sébastien-Charles-François Fontaine de Biré, hidden from public view for more than 200 years, is acquired by the Getty

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