JEAN ANTOINE HOUDON (After) Bust of George Washington Bronze... Lot 273

JEAN ANTOINE HOUDON (After) Bust of George Washington Bronze proof with brown patina Inscribed "Barbedienne fondeur" and stamped "Réduction mécanique A. Collas breveté". Height 30 - Width 14,5 - Depth 11,5 cm (Scratches, in a wooden case) It was in 1785 that Houdon executed the portrait of George Washington at Mount Vernon. This terracotta bust, still preserved in the Mount Vernon Museum, was to be used for a marble statue, dated 1788, which was erected at the Capitol in Richemond, Virginia. Houdon brought back from his stay in America two plaster casts and the mould of the Mount Vernon bust. Various versions are known, in plaster, terracotta or bronze, representing him bare-chested, in uniform or draped in the antique style.