The 1781 life-size marble statue of this French writer is one of Jean Antoine Houdon's most famous works
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Pigalle's pupil Jean-Antoine Houdon was the most famous 18th-century French 
sculptor,... [DOC] [TLE] Jean-Antoine Houdon, Voltaire Seated 1781 Terra-cotta, height 120 ... [PAR] Jean-Antoine Houdon, Summer 1785 Marble, height 155 cm Muse Fabre, 
Montpellier .... French Enlightenment Writer, Historian & Philosopher - Famous 
For His Wit ... Voltaire wrote many plays and poems, some of his most famous 
works are Oedipus ..... David, a life-size marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo 
Bernini, 1624.