Lot number 3121 - Auction 141
'LA FRILEUSE' (DIE FRIERENDE)

JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON 1741 Versailles - 1828 Paris (after) LA FRILEUSE' (THE FREEZING ONE) Terracotta, tinted plaster, on a round indented base. H. 70, w. 22, d. 21 cm, weight approx. 6,52 kg. Inscribed 'Houdon' on the reverse, after the original from 1787 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fully sculpted nude depiction of a standing woman with her arms crossed in front of her chest as an allegory of winter. Part rubbed and bumped, base with chips. Provenance: Private collection Amsterdam.