| LC control no. | n 79008240 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Houdon, Jean Antoine, 1741-1828 |
| Variant(s) | Gudon, Zhan Antuan, 1741-1828 |
| Associated country | France |
| Associated place | Gotha (Germany : Landkreis) |
| Birth date | 1741-03-25 |
| Death date | 1828-07-15 |
| Place of birth | Versailles (France ) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Field of activity | Sculpture, French Portrait sculpture, French |
| Affiliation | Accademia di Francia (Rome, Italy) Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (France) |
| Profession or occupation | Sculptors |
| Found in | Réau, Louis. Houdon, 1964: volume 1, page 137 (Jean-Antoine Houdon was born at Versailles on March 30, 1741; he studied sculpture at the Académie de France à Rome from 1764-1768; died July 15, 1828) Grove art online via Oxford art online, July 15, 2014 (Houdon, Jean-Antoine; born Versailles March 25, 1741; died Paris, July 15, 1828; he was the foremost French sculptor of the second half of the 18th century and one of the outstanding portrait sculptors in the history of art; he was approved in 1768 and received as a full member of the Académie Royale in 1777; in 1771 and 1773 he travelled to Gotha in Saxony where the rulers were among the first collectors of his work) |
| Associated language | fre |
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