Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

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Artist: Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris)
Date: 1778
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Overall (weight confirmed): 23 1/8 × 14 1/2 × 11 1/4 in., 87 lb. (58.7 × 36.8 × 28.6 cm, 39.5 kg); Height (without base): 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: Sculpture
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Credit line: Gift of John Bard, 1872
Accession no.: 72.6

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.