For sale in Gennevilliers - Lot 173

Lot n° 173
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For sale in Gennevilliers - Lot 173
For sale in Gennevilliers Jean-Antoine HOUDON (1741-1828) Portrait of John Paul Jones (1747-1792) Bronze proof, signed and dated 1781 circa early 20th c H 55 W 55 cm approx. On marble pedestal (H 13 cm) Based on a terra cotta model modeled in 1780, exhibited at the Salon of 1781 and cast in 1787-89. See marble at the United States Naval Academy's Chapel Crypt, USA See bronze model / Met NY USA (1903) See plaster model at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, USA See plaster model at the Musée Franco-Américain du Château de Blérancourt, France NB: the original of this bust would have identified the remains of John Paul Jones, who died in 1792 and is buried in the Saint-Louis des Étrangers cemetery in Paris. This cemetery having disappeared, the remains of the body were lost. At the beginning of the 20th century, the bust created by Houdon was used to identify one of the bodies found in the old cemetery, by comparing the skulls. This body was repatriated with honors to the USA in 1905, and rests at the United States Naval Academy. PHOTO TO DO
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