# Voltaire

- By: Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741 - 1828)
- Date: 1778
- Medium: marble
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: overall: 52.7 x 45.5 x 33.3 cm (20 3/4 x 17 15/16 x 13 1/8 in.) ; gross weight: 156 lb. (70.761 kg)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Widener Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.1266.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/6a3d5dfd-95cc-425c-88cd-c974794949f6/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)