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Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)

After a model by Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris)

Date:: late 18th century, after a model of 1778
Culture:: French
Medium:: Painted plaster; painted and gilded wood
Dimensions:: H. (of bust) 26 1/2 in. (67.3 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1908
Accession Number:: 08.89.2a, b

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Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Inscribed in gold on a black ground in the medallion on the pedestal: VITAN/.IMPE|/|DERE.VERO./ J.J. ROUSSEAU. |/|E. / E|/| 1712. MORT./ E|/| 1778.

Marking: Red wax atelier seal on back of bust; ACADEM[IE]/ROYALE/DE PEINTURE/ET SCULP[TURE]/HOUDON/Sc.
Provenance

J. Pierpont Morgan (until 1908; to MMA)
See also
Who
Jean Antoine Houdon (23)
What
Sculpture (24,350)

Gilt (9,043)

Wood (7,651)

Painting (5,225)

Figures (5,008)

Plaster (842)

Busts (553)
Where
Europe (148,586)

France (52,276)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,179)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,257)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Jean–Antoine Houdon (1741–1828)

France, 1600–1800 A.D.

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