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John Paul Jones

n.d.

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Sculptor, French, 1741 - 1828

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Artwork overview

Medium

plaster
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of F. D. Millet)
Dimensions

overall: 70.5 × 49.85 × 27.31 cm (27 3/4 × 19 5/8 × 10 3/4 in.)
Accession

2014.136.233

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Francis D. Millet [1846-1912]; gift 1904 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1953

Breckenridge, James D. "Portraits of Americans." The Corcoran Gallery of Art Bullentin (February 1953): pl. 3.

Inscriptions

on right shoulder: Houdon

Wikidata ID

Q63864069

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