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Standing figure "La Frileuse" after a design by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828).
Red lettering "Limoges" on the underside. Around 1900.
Colored staffage with luster glaze. H 43 cm.
Standing female nude with a yellow scarf wrapped around her head and shoulders, on a round base with the inscription "La Frileuse de Houdon" (The Freezing Woman). Also known as the "Allegory of Winter" after the original by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741 Versailles - 1828 Paris).
Cf. a marble sculpture in the Musée Fabre, Montpellier, from 1783, which was originally intended as an "Allegory of Winter", and a bronze from 1787 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Provenance : Museum estate of Peter Kaus.
Aufrufzeit 27. | Feb. 2026 | probably 17:32 (CET)
Limit 180 €
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