Diana the Huntress Works collections.frick
Many versions of the Diana were made by Houdon and his workshop, in plaster, metal, and marble, life-size, reduced, and of the bust alone. Probably the earliest surviving example is a plaster dated 1776, in the Schlossmuseum, Gotha. The Frick piece, which is signed but not dated, is believed to have been produced several years later.
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Many versions of the Diana were made by Houdon and his workshop, in plaster, metal, and marble, life-size, reduced, and of the bust alone. Probably the earliest surviving example is a plaster dated 1776, in the Schlossmuseum, Gotha.
Gotha, Friedrich W. E. Döll, sculptor, Vielsdorf
Nov 06, 2016 Houdon presented a life-size plaster of Diana in his studio during the 1777 Salon. The finished sculpture was to be executed in marble (Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon) for Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Gotha, as compensation for a commission lost by the sculptor.
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Houdon’s exploration of the figure in motion finds full expression in this life-size portrayal of Diana, the goddess of the hunt, who bounds forward in pursuit of her quarry with a bow and (lost) arrow. The open stance of the goddess, who balances on one foot in a display of technical ingenuity, expands the limits of the terracotta medium. In his unorthodox portrayal of the
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Diana c. 1776 Marble Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon: Denis Diderot 1771 Terracotta, height 83 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris: Bust of Diderot 1771 Marble Seymour Collection, Nem Haven: General Dumouriez 1792 Terracotta Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers: Flayed Man or Ecorché au bras tendu 1767 Plaster Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha: Flayed Man or
THE DISCOVERY AND IDENTIFICATION OF JEAN ANTOINE
Written by Valérie Roger, a specialist on the work of sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828); supplied after the issue of her expert opinion on the work. Absent from among the various known examples of sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon’s portrait of Diana was a marble bust once belonging to the collection of King Stanislaus Augustus of Poland.
About this site
Diana c. 1776 Marble Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon: Houdon received his earliest training in apprenticeship to Michelangelo Slodtz; he then went to the École des Élèves Protégés in Paris, before spending four years in Rome. The idea for a statue of Diana leaving for the hunt was conceived in 1776.
Diana Houdon Plaster Gotha
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Diana the Huntress Works collections.frick
Many versions of the Diana were made by Houdon and his workshop, in plaster, metal, and marble, life-size, reduced, and of the bust alone. Probably the earliest surviving example is a plaster dated 1776, in the Schlossmuseum, Gotha. The Frick piece, which is signed but not dated, is believed to have been produced several years later.
About this site
Many versions of the Diana were made by Houdon and his workshop, in plaster, metal, and marble, life-size, reduced, and of the bust alone. Probably the earliest surviving example is a plaster dated 1776, in the Schlossmuseum, Gotha.
Gotha, Friedrich W. E. Döll, sculptor, Vielsdorf
Nov 06, 2016 Houdon presented a life-size plaster of Diana in his studio during the 1777 Salon. The finished sculpture was to be executed in marble (Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon) for Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Gotha, as compensation for a commission lost by the sculptor.
About this site
Houdon’s exploration of the figure in motion finds full expression in this life-size portrayal of Diana, the goddess of the hunt, who bounds forward in pursuit of her quarry with a bow and (lost) arrow. The open stance of the goddess, who balances on one foot in a display of technical ingenuity, expands the limits of the terracotta medium. In his unorthodox portrayal of the
About this site
Diana c. 1776 Marble Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon: Denis Diderot 1771 Terracotta, height 83 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris: Bust of Diderot 1771 Marble Seymour Collection, Nem Haven: General Dumouriez 1792 Terracotta Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers: Flayed Man or Ecorché au bras tendu 1767 Plaster Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha: Flayed Man or
THE DISCOVERY AND IDENTIFICATION OF JEAN ANTOINE
Written by Valérie Roger, a specialist on the work of sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828); supplied after the issue of her expert opinion on the work. Absent from among the various known examples of sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon’s portrait of Diana was a marble bust once belonging to the collection of King Stanislaus Augustus of Poland.
About this site
Diana c. 1776 Marble Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon: Houdon received his earliest training in apprenticeship to Michelangelo Slodtz; he then went to the École des Élèves Protégés in Paris, before spending four years in Rome. The idea for a statue of Diana leaving for the hunt was conceived in 1776.
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Diana the Huntress Works collections.frick
Many versions of the Diana were made by Houdon and his workshop, in plaster, metal, and marbl