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    • The Bather (model for a fountain), 18th century (ca. 1780) or 19th–early 20th century
    By or after Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741–1828)
    Probably French
    Terracotta

    H. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm), Diam. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
    The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931 (32.100.159)

    The original composition of Houdon's fountain at the Parc Monceau (14.40.673) is believed to be preserved in this patinated terracotta sketch. It fails, however, to capture the striking impact of the lost group in which the lead figure of the black servant stood in vivid contrast to the white marble of the basin and the seated bather herself.

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  • The Bather (model for a fountain), 18th century (ca. 1780) or 19th–early 20th century
    By or after Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741–1828)
    Probably French
    Terracotta

    H. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm), Diam. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
    The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931 (32.100.159)