Denis Diderot (1713–1784)

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Artist: Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris)
Date: 1773
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Height (bust): 15 3/4 in. (40 cm); Height (stand): 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm); wt. confirmed: 20 7/16 in., 51.9 lb. (51.9 cm, 23.5 kg)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: Sculpture
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1974
Accession no.: 1974.291

Portrait of Anne Robert Turgot, Baron of Laulne
Jean Antoine Houdon
1778 · Sculpture
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001824
Bust of Anne-Marie-Louise Thomas de Domangeville de Sérilly, Comtesse de Pange
Jean Antoine Houdon
1780 · Sculpture
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001971
Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck
Jean Antoine Houdon
c. 1775 · Sculpture
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00010789
Louise Brongniart
Jean Antoine Houdon
1779, after a portrait of 1777 · Sculpture
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00016662

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.