La freddolosa

Jean Antoine Houdon French

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Una frileuse è una donna che soffre il freddo. Una versione in marmo conservata al Musée Fabre di Montpellier, datata 1783, fu in origine intesa come un’allegoria dell’Inverno. Per questa scultura in bronzo, fusa dallo stesso Houdon e proveniente dalla collezione del duca d’Orléans, l’artista ha ridotto all’essenziale la composizione a colonna spiraleggiante. Il corpo tremante della fanciulla è controbilanciato dallo scialle drappeggiato stretto, elegante ma del tutto insufficiente.

Winter, Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), Bronze, French, Paris

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Winter, Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), Bronze, French, Paris
Winter, Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), Bronze, French, Paris
Winter, Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), Bronze, French, Paris
Winter, Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), Bronze, French, Paris
Winter, Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), Bronze, French, Paris
Winter, Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), Bronze, French, Paris
Winter, Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), Bronze, French, Paris
Winter, Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), Bronze, French, Paris
Winter, Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), Bronze, French, Paris
Winter, Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), Bronze, French, Paris
Winter, Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), Bronze, French, Paris

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