After Jean-Antoine Houdon; 20th century.

After JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON (Versailles, 1741 - Paris, 1828); 20th century.
"Diana hunter".
Patinated bronze and marble pedestal "verde antico".
It shows wear in the patina.
Signed.
Measurements: 62,5 x 25 x 36 cm.
In this sculpture, the sculptor shows us Diana in her invocation of hunter goddess. She is represented in a moment of action and movement, but. The goddess appears completely naked, accompanied only by her bow and an arrow that she holds in one of her hands.
Jean-Antoine Houdon was a French sculptor, a leading figure of neoclassicism in his country. He stood out in his portraits by the search for individual character, which brought him closer to pre-Romanticism. A disciple of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle and Lemoyne, in 1764 he moved to Rome to complete his training. He devoted himself mainly to portraits, beginning the series with one of Diderot, in terracotta, followed by those of Mirabeau, D'Alembert, Molière, Voltaire, Rousseau and Franklin. The latter suggested to him the idea of traveling to the United States to portray Washington. Houdon arrived on the American continent in 1785 and, in addition to several busts of the president, he created the statue currently on display in the Capitol. During the French Revolution, he painted the faces of Necker, Lafayette and Napoleon. Also noteworthy is his elegant Diana the Huntress (1776), in the classicist style.