366 - 19th-century French school after Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828)

19th-century French school after Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) Denis Diderot Electroplated bust Inscribed D'après le buste d'Houdon tiré du cabinet de M. Walferdin Inscribed Houdon fecit 1789 on the back Numbered 238 on underside H. 29.5 cm Related work: Jean-Antoine Houdon, Denis Diderot (1713-1784), écrivain, 1771, terra cotta, inscribed Academ / royale / de peinture / et sculpt / Houdon sc, H. 46 cm, former François-Hippolyte Walderfin collection (1795-1880), Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv. RF 348.