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JEAN ANTOINE HOUDON. Winter

Winter. Artist: Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741-1828 Paris). Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 56 1/2 x 15 3/8 x 19 7/8 in., Wt. 438 lb., 15 in. (143.5 x 39.1 x 50.5 cm, 198.6755kg, 38.1 cm); Pedestal: H. 34 in. (86.4 cm). Date: 1787.
A frileuse is a woman subject to cold. A marble version (Musée Fabre, Montpellier), dated 1783, was originally intended as an allegory of Winter. For the Museum's bronze, cast by Houdon himself and coming from the collection of the duc d'Orléans, Houdon stripped the spiraling columnar composition to its bare essentials. The girl's tremulous flesh is offset by her tightly drawn shawl, elegant but hardly adequate.

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Author: JEAN ANTOINE HOUDON (1741-1828)

Title: Winter

Caption: Winter. Artist: Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741-1828 Paris). Culture: French, Paris. Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 56 1/2 x 15 3/8 x 19 7/8 in., Wt. 438 lb., 15 in. (143.5 x 39.1 x 50.5 cm, 198.6755kg, 38.1 cm); Pedestal: H. 34 in. (86.4 cm). Date: 1787. A frileuse is a woman subject to cold. A marble version (Musée Fabre, Montpellier), dated 1783, was originally intended as an allegory of Winter. For the Museum's bronze, cast by Houdon himself and coming from the collection of the duc d'Orléans, Houdon stripped the spiraling columnar composition to its bare essentials. The girl's tremulous flesh is offset by her tightly drawn shawl, elegant but hardly adequate.

Technique/material: BRONZE

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 2939 × 4400 px | 37.0 MB

Print size: 24.9 × 37.3 cm | 1157.1 × 1732.3 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ARTFORM: BRONZEWORK • BRONCE • BRONZE BRASS • BRONZE • BRONZES • COPPER ALLOY • EUROPE • EUROPEAN SCULPTURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS • FRANCE • JEAN ANTOINE HOUDON • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PARIS • SCULPTURE • SCULPTURE-BRONZE • STATUES