Inscription
on truncated arm, proper right: HOUDON / FECIT. / 1778.
Provenance
Comte Marcellin de Fresnes, by 1879;[1] by bequest before 1907 to Comtesse Greffulhe [née Princess Elisabeth de Caraman-Chimay, 1860-1952], Paris;[2] (Wildenstein & Co., New York), by November 1955;[3] purchased 18 January 1957 by NGA.[4]
Exhibition History
- 1777
- Probably Salon, Paris, 1777, no. 248.
- 1974
- Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, unnumbered checklist.
- 1976
- The Eye of Thomas Jefferson, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1976, no. 335.
- 1996
- Obras Maestras de la National Gallery of Art de Washington, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 1996-1997, unnumbered catalogue, 96-97, color repro.
- 2003
- Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor to the Enlightenment, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Musée national du château de Versailles/Réunion des musées nationaux, 2003-2004, no. 36, repro.
Bibliography
- 1834
- de Quincy, M. Quatremère. "Notice historique sur la vie et les ouvrages de M. Houdon, sculpteur." Recueil de notices historiques: lues dans les séances publiques de l'Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts Paris, 1834: 388-402.
- 1855
- Montaiglon, Anatole de, and Georges Duplessis. "Houdon, sa vie et ses ouvrages." Revue universelle des Arts 1&2 (1855-1856): 179.
- 1879
- Ris, Comte Louis Clément de. "Le musée de l'Ermitage à Saint-Petersbourg (first of 4 articles)." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 19 (February 1879): 186.
- 1907
- Schemit, Jean. Archives de l'art français: Recueil de documents inédits, nouvelle période,1. Paris, 1907: 203.
- 1908
- Schemit, Jean. "Catalogue critique des sculptures." Bulletin de la Société de l'Historie de l'Art français (1908): 171-172.
- 1910
- Lami, Stanislas. Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs de l'Ecole française au dix-huitième siècle. 2 vols. Paris, 1910-1911:1: 419.
- 1913
- Roger-Milès, L. Les Dianes de Houdon et les caprices de la pudeur estétique a la fin du XVIIe siècle. Paris, 1913: 26, 37, 40.
- 1915
- Bapst, Germain. Diana Huntress by Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828). Paris, 1915: 7-18.
- 1919
- Giacometti, Georges. Le statuaire Jean-Antoine Houdon: et son epoque (1741-1828) 3 vols. Paris, 1919:2:15-23.
- 1929
- Giacometti, Georges. La vie et l'oeuvre de Houdon. 2 vols. Paris, 1928: 2:225-246.
- 1942
- Rostrup, Haavard. J.A. Houdon (1741-1828). Copenhagen, 1942: 10, 26, 37.
- 1955
- The Frick Collection: An Illustrated Catalogue of Works of Art in the Collection of Henry Clay Frick. vol. 12. New York, 1955: 98-99.
- 1959
- Cott, Perry B. "A Note on Houdon's Bust of Diana." In Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Studies in the history of art. Dedicated to William E. Suida on his eightieth birthday. London, 1959: 364-367, fig. 1.
- 1959
- Pope-Hennessy, John. "Honouring an Art Historian." Times Literary Supplement 3009 (30 October, 1959): 620.
- 1960
- "La chronique des arts." Supplement a la 'Gazette des Beaux-Arts'. (January 1960): repro. 39.
- 1960
- Réau, Louis. "La Diane et l'Apollon de Houdon." Colóquio 9 (June 1960): 59, repro.
- 1964
- Réau, Louis. Houdon: Sa vie et son oeuvre. Paris, 1964: 24, no. 72, repro. fig. 5E/72.
- 1965
- Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 159.
- 1968
- National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 140, repro.
- 1984
- Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 645, no. 1016, repro.
- 1994
- Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 110, repro.
- 1999
- Norman Herz, Katherine A. Holbrow and Shelley G. Sturman. "Marble Sculture in the National Gallery of Art: a Provenance Study." In Max Schvoerer, ed. Archéomatériaux: marbres et autres roches: ASMOSIA IV, Bordeaux, France 9-13 october 1995: actes de la IVème Conférence international de l’Association pour l’étude des marbres et autres roches utilizes dans le passé. Talence, 1999: 101-110.
- 2000
- Scherf, Guilhem. Houdon: Diane Chasseresse. Paris, 2000: 20, repro. fig. 16.
- 2003
- Houdon: Sculpteur des Lumières. Exh. cat. Musée National du Château de Versailles, France; National Gallery of Art, Washington; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2003: 225.
- 2005
- Baillio, Joseph, et al. The Arts of France from François Ier to Napoléon Ier. A Centennial Celebration of Wildenstein's Presence in New York. Exh. cat. Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York, 2005: 80 (not in the exhibition).
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