Louis Leopold Boilly: Jean-Antoine Houdon in His Studio
Here Boilly shows the Neoclassical sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon at work. He is known for his busts of famous people of the day; his subjects included Benjamin Franklin, Rousseau, Voltaire, Moliere, George Washington, Louis XVI and Napoleon. His sculptures found an interesting use as models for early U.S. postage stamps (example below).
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