Detail View: The AMICA Library: Sabine Houdon
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.50.145.66
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Name:
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Houdon, Jean-Antoine
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Role:
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Sculptor
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Creator Dates/Places:
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French, 1741-1828
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Creator Name-CRT:
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By Jean-Antoine Houdon
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Title:
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Portrait Bust
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Title Type:
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Object name
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Title:
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Sabine Houdon
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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18th century (1788)
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Creation Start Date:
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1788
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Creation End Date:
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1788
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Materials and Techniques:
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White marble on gray marble base
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Dimensions:
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H. (without base) 10 13/16 in. (27.5 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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50.145.66
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Credit Line:
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Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950
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Rights:
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Context:
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Houdon's canonical portraits of the French philosophes (as well as of America's founding fathers) have contributed to his popularity in America. No less beloved are his depictions of children, of which the most beautiful may be the head of his own daughter Sabine. The delicate naturalistic folds of flesh at the intersection of Sabine's chest and arms are carved with a melting softness that perfectly captures the limpid fragility of infant skin. Her alert, unsentimentaliized features present a personality whose distinction transcends the category of children's portraits. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.es50.145.66.R.tif
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