Houdon Bust 1785

Beautiful...he was often replicated but it may be worth contacting amuseum, like the Met...they have a plaster bust of the girl that looks like the same model, though a different name. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jahd/ho_42.23.2.htm & the same name a terracotta at the Louvre http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/h/houdon/index.html Considered to be the best portrait artist of all time, by some...Frenchman Houdon always worked from life...1st modelling his sitter in terra cotta then from the unfired model, he would then make a more durable plaster cast. This cast could then be used to produce marble busts and more plasters. Many of the plasters were given terra cotta patinations, or coatings, to achieve rich surface tones. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/houdon_jean-antoine.html