A Louis XVI Style french Plaster bust of a lady, in the manner of Jean- Antoine Houdon circa 1800

her head turned to the right, with two iron plugs and pointing marks.

RELATED LITERATURE
Anne L. Poulet, Jean Antoine Houdon, Sculptor of the Enlightenment, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003

Although this model is unidentified, the facial features, truncation and overall composition of the present bust are very similar to both Houdon's portraits of La Comtesse de Sabran (Poulet, op. cit., fig. 7) and Mme de Vermenoux (Poulet, op. cit., cat 31).  Furthermore, the back of the bust is comparable to that of Houdon's plaster bust of his wife (Poulet, op. cit., p. 136).