Jean-Antoine HOUDON
France 1741 – 1828
Buste de jeune fille
[Bust of a girl]
[Buste de jeune fille]
1791 France
Sculpture, marble
Primary Insc: signed and dated verso, "Houdon f. 1791"
43.8 h x 34.6 w x 21.0 d cm
Purchased 1984
Accession No: NGA 84.551
Provenance:
- Mme Franchmesnil, Loire Valley, 19th century;
- Dr Maurice Beaussenat;
- bought through Gerald Paget, New York, by the Australian National Gallery, April 1984
PLEASE NOTE: this work is on long term loan at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne more information
Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2010