The Studio of Jean-Antoine Houdon
| The Studio of Jean-Antoine Houdon | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Louis-Léopold Boilly |
| Year | c.1804 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 88 cm × 115 cm (35 in × 45 in) |
| Location | Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris |
The Studio of Jean-Antoine Houdon (French: L'atelier du sculpteur Houdon) is a c.1804 oil painting by the French artist Louis-Léopold Boilly. It depicts the interior of the Paris studio of the Neoclassical sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon. He is shown with his wife and three daughters during a sitting. [1]
Boilly was celebrated for his portraits and genre paintings of Parisian life and combines both in this painting. In an original sketch Boilly portrayed a bust of Napoleon. The version he exhibited at the Salon of 1804 featured the famous mathematician Pierre-Simon de Laplace.[2] Several versions of the painting exist. An 1808 painting by Boilly showing a life class is sometimes known by the same title, although it was exhibited at the Salon of 1808 as The Academy. It is now in the Musée Thomas-Henry in Cherbourg. [3]
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Bibliography
- Poulet, Anne L. Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment. University of Chicago Press, 2003.