Thomas Jefferson - Item #203

 

29.75 Inches High x 18 Inches Wide x 10.25 Inches Deep

Created in 1789 in Paris when Thomas Jefferson was serving as the American minister to France. This is the best-known likeness of the future president of the United States.

 

Artist: Jean-Antoine Houdon

Museum: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Thomas Jefferson's Monticello

Time Period: Modern- Neoclassical, 1789

 

Sources:

"Houdon Bust (Sculpture)." Monticello, https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/houdon-bust-sculpture.

"Thomas Jefferson." Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,  http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/thomas-jefferson-58937.