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Houdon

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Hou·don  (hdn, -dô), Jean Antoine 1741-1828.
French sculptor who executed statues of Washington and Voltaire and busts of Jefferson, Rousseau, and Lafayette.
Houdon (French) [udɔ̃]
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(Biographies / Houdon, Jean Antoine (1741-1828) M, French, ARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor) Jean Antoine (ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan). 1741-1828, French neoclassical portrait sculptor
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Andrew Wyeth in Context, through July 16, and In Pursuit of Genius: Jean-Antoine Houdon and the Sculpted Portraits of Benjamin Franklin, through July 30, both at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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