1592996144000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-29925 1747160087892 1711357528000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-29925 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29925 b4c8a746-5eb3-33be-ae48-9ad26cae9262 9 person reference agent-153181 adlib-agent-153181 f7ad7ef4-12ae-36af-9b51-4076720e0b81 Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet reference term-98228 adlib-term-98228 3d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5c sculpture reference term-117089 adlib-term-117089 70d59fbc-64f7-304e-a336-bf6d65a433a8 Louis C. G. Clarke gilded reference term-40365 adlib-term-40365 d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005 bronze Pedestal Mouldings reference term-33162 adlib-term-33162 6f1730c6-1049-36b9-80ae-d22bc9d2254c terracotta Figure terracotta, supported on a pedestal of grey and black marble with gilt-bronze mouldings reference term-111179 adlib-term-111179 be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68 moulding reference term-94994 adlib-term-94994 a8416abb-32a4-31c1-98a4-fad294ef677a marble Pedestal Height cm 11.2 Marble 11.4 9.2 Terracotta Base 13.2 19.1 Marble Base Pedestal Mounting reference term-107706 adlib-term-107706 34ea76d8-25e7-3c35-a7cc-c564e6087841 gilt-bronze reference term-98112 adlib-term-98112 32d115a4-d3ac-33b0-b126-2a3da0fdf139 portrait Applied Arts Terracotta, supported on a pedestal of grey and black marble with gilt-bronze mouldings. Voltaire is seated in an armchair; wrapped in a loose dressing gown; his right hand resting on the arm of the chair and his head turned slightly to the right. At the back of the chair there is a red wax seal ACADEM./ROYALE/ DE PEINTURE/ ET SCULPT./HOUDON/SC.'. The figure is enclosed in a rectangular glazed case with ormolu framing. 96 reference exhibition-1428 adlib-exhibition-1428 f2fb0df2-8b05-3836-b339-bc9e9128dd06 French Art of the Eighteenth Century M.124-1961 1 accession number M.124-1961 29925 priref 29925 Art UK external ID CAM_CCF_M_124_1961 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29925 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29925 at the back of the chair red wax seal ACADEM./ROYALE/DE PEINTURE/ ET SCULPT./HOUDON/SC. reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by L.C.G. Clarke, MA, LLD reference agent-149875 adlib-agent-149875 89f52d0e-b912-3dc9-8b2c-61d6aa011b16 Clarke, Louis Colville Gray 1960 1960 1960 bequeathed Entry date: 1961-04-27 1778 1778 circa 1778 sculptor reference agent-65054 adlib-agent-65054 223c6883-5d9d-3e7e-81a9-9a4fa94a05f8 Houdon, Jean-Antoine In the Paris Salon of 1779 Houdon exhibited a small gilt-bronze statue of Voltaire seated, intended for Catherine II. The work was greatly admired, and was reproduced in bronze, terracotta and plaster. Houdon's full-size marble version, commissioned in 1778, was exhibited at the Salon in 1781, and in 1782 installed in the Theâtre Française (now théâtre de l'Odéon). It is now in the foyer of the Comedie Française. A small terracotta in the Musée Lambinet, Versailles is inscribed, 'f.p. Houdon an 1778', and has been considered to be the model for the bronze (as has this example). There are several other examples in plaster and terracotta which bear the red wax seal of Houdon's studio. For an extensive list of the large and small-size versions of this work, see Documentation, Scherf, 2006. reference term-106779 adlib-term-106779 f0706fcd-d94c-3987-bcb5-f7f794332b6a 18th Century, Late reference term-14265 adlib-term-14265 b9f6d73e-26ce-3588-a519-976c2cc93f7f Louis XVI reference term-129470 adlib-term-129470 8353db27-fba9-33c1-94a1-f268fd2a2d21 literal France France country Paris Height cm 33.5 reference media-206013 adlib-media-206013 e6fa971f-2c57-3fe4-a30b-ff8b2f20a89e jpeg aa/aa37/M_124_1961_200707_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 683 1742598909804 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/mid_M_124_1961_200707_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 750 width pixels 500 1742598909804 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/M_124_1961_200707_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 683 1742598909804 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/preview_M_124_1961_200707_adn21_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 375 width pixels 250 1742598909804 1 image 0 media image reference media-1264258406 portfolio portfolio-media-1264258406 11bcee1d-508d-379d-8c41-d9ad84a23b2b jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/627/60/large_M_124_1961_200707_adn21_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 1536 width pixels 1024 1550048821000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/627/60/mid_M_124_1961_200707_adn21_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 750 width pixels 500 1550048821000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/627/60/M_124_1961_200707_adn21_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 4000 width pixels 2667 1550048821000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/627/60/preview_M_124_1961_200707_adn21_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 375 width pixels 250 1550048821000 1 image 1 media image reference media-1178636071 portfolio portfolio-media-1178636071 24753454-e7e9-3c6e-9c7f-2ae2c74a9461 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/640/766/large_M_124_1961_200707_adn21_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1536 width pixels 1024 1554768061000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/640/766/mid_M_124_1961_200707_adn21_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 750 width pixels 500 1554768061000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/640/766/M_124_1961_200707_adn21_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 4992 width pixels 3328 1554768061000 1 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/640/766/preview_M_124_1961_200707_adn21_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 375 width pixels 250 1554768061000 1 image 2 media image reference term-107454 adlib-term-107454 6ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20 figure history note Sir Arthur Pinero; Sotheby's, 5th April, 1935, Catalogue of Valuable Porcelain, Historical Relics, Musical Instruments, Furniture etc, p. 6, the property of Sir A M. Pinero (decd.), lot 19, illustrated as frontispiece; Durlacher, London. 1 reference object-71963 adlib-object-71963 b071a1e0-2f52-3781-a544-8c1270381c68

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bust reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference number literal name Sculpture UK Sculpture UK reference publication-1970 adlib-publication-1970 2b9703ad-8c20-31c6-894a-c7fea3ad953e Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Annual Report for the Year ending 31 December 1961 Publ. Illustrated, pp. 377-383, on p. 378, fig. 2 pp. 377-383 reference publication-200000779 adlib-publication-200000779 23351138-8d80-3072-8cc1-3cf4e9f33fdc Louis Clarke as a Collector Ref. pp. 269-282 pp. 269-282 reference publication-2403 adlib-publication-2403 6f1d567a-e114-375a-8bb4-8752caacd95e La Vie et L'Oeuvre de Houdon Ref. pp. 272-281 pp. 272-281 reference publication-2404 adlib-publication-2404 4b9e5277-1792-34e2-96aa-d7aa14154dbc Houdon Sa Vie et Son Oeuvre Cf. A bronze, advertised by David Peel & Co. Ltd., 2 Carlos Place, Mount St. W.1., p. XX p. XX reference publication-2405 adlib-publication-2405 4a03102a-70d1-3fb8-8ffd-a005a654441b Connoisseur, August 1969 Cf. A gilt-bronze version, signed and dated HOUDON 1778 for Catherine the Great, see p. 434, no. 758. M.124-1961 is mentioned in the notes. p. 434 reference publication-1118 adlib-publication-1118 74b1ae94-26a4-3848-9db2-1a414707847a Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum Cf. A painted plaster, inscribed 'HOUDON 1778' and 'VOLTAIRE', see pp. 22-3, lot 22. Estimate $12,000-18,000. See xerox in object's file. pp. 22-3 reference publication-2406 adlib-publication-2406 8320457b-d207-3c64-953e-ec190e94c909 Important Sculpture from the Collection of John R. Gaines, 2nd June 1993 Ref. pp. 190-3, no. 36, a plaster painted to resemble terracotta, inscribed 'HOUDON 1778' and bearing red seal of the workshop (Louvre inv. RF926). The author provides an extensive list of large and small-scale models in different materials. The Fitzwilliam's terracotta is mentioned on p. 192. 190-3 reference publication-5876 adlib-publication-5876 bd985610-eb80-3e96-b509-85b510ea1c3c Houdon 1741-1828, Statues, portraits sculptés . . . subject reference term-1609 adlib-term-1609 84f2e5e2-0de4-3096-98b9-7bb4c12aaffd male literal male male

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