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The sculpture is a bust of a man from the chest up. His hair is slightly wavy and pulled back from his face. He has high cheekbones, deep-set eyes, a straight nose, and thin lips in a neutral expression. He wears a pleated tunic or shirt with a shawl or cloth draped over one shoulder and a wide strap over the other shoulder. The material of the sculpture is off-white, with some areas of light gray. The bust is mounted on a simple, rounded pedestal.”

George Washington

Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741 - 1828)

1786/1793 · plaster

National Gallery of Art · Gift of Robert L. McNeil, Jr., in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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