"Patinated Terracotta Bust Of Juliette Récamier - After Jean François Houdon - 19th Century"
Large terracotta bust of Madame Récamier after Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828). Madame Récamier, born December 3, 1777, in Lyon and died in Paris in 1849, was a French writer whose Parisian salon, from the Directory to the July Monarchy, brought together the greatest celebrities of the political, literary, and artistic worlds.
This terracotta bust is in perfect condition and signed Houdon.
Total height: 58.5 cm.
Width: 35 cm.