Jean-Antoine Houdon

Bust of Pierre-André de Suffren (1726-1788)

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Jean-Antoine Houdon
Bust of Pierre-André de Suffren (1726-1788)

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Información general
Artista Jean-Antoine Houdon (Versailles 1741 - 1828 Paris)
Título Bust of Pierre-André de Suffren (1726-1788)
Nombre del objeto sculpture
Número de inventario 373
Material y detalles técnicos
Técnica N/A
Material white marble
Dimensiones 90.5 cm diameter
Inscripciones
Inscription on the oval white plaque on the black marble: PETRUS ANDREAS / DE SUFFREN, / GROOT KRUIS VAN ST.-JAN, / GENERAAL VAN MALTHA, / RIDDER VAN DE HN. GEEST, / VICE ADMIRAAL VAN / VRANKRYK, / VERDEDIGER VAN DE / NEDERLANDSE / COLONIËN, IN / OOSTINDIËN. / 1781

Origen

Commissioned by the Dutch East India Company, Middelburg, 1787 (exhibited in the Paris Salon in 1787 and described in the sculptor's livret); transferred at an unknown date; on loan to the Hannema-de Stuers Fundatie, Heino, until August 2003; on long-term loan to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. BK-C-2003-3), since 2003