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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
image of Voltaire
Jean-Antoine Houdon (artist)
French, 1741 - 1828
Voltaire, 1778
marble
overall: 36.5 x 21.3 x 21.3 cm (14 3/8 x 8 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Chester Dale Collection
1963.10.240
On View
From the Tour: 18th-Century France — Chardin and Portraiture
Object 11 of 11
1964Réau, Louis. Houdon: Sa vie et son oeuvre. Paris, 1964: 44, no. 202, repro.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 159.
1965Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 144, repro.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 140, repro.
1992National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 303, repro.
1994Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 110, repro.

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