Voltaire
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- 1963.10.240
Nel frattempo, nella vita di Jean-Antoine Houdon
Tutta la vita1776 · Luogo di lavoro
Paris
26 luglio 1777 · Affiliazione
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
1778
Joins the Masonic lodge “Les Neuf Sœurs”
He joins the lodge Les Neuf Sœurs, where he later meets Benjamin Franklin and Admiral John Paul Jones.
1778
Becomes a professor at the Academy
He is appointed professor of the sculpture class at the Academy of Painting and Sculpture.
31 May 1778
Takes casts of the dead Voltaire’s face
The day after Voltaire’s death (30 May 1778) he takes plaster casts of the philosopher’s face and hands. These casts and his earlier work from life become the basis of several portraits of Voltaire.
![Young Man [verso], Pablo Picasso, c. 1906](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/b6ecb7bc-192d-46f8-a4c9-8dfb5dd52abb/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
