Masthead logo

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