Title: Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) (1694–1778)
Object type: Bust
Date: 1778
Artist:  Jean Antoine Houdon 
Artist bio: French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Marble, on grey marble socle
Dimensions: wt. confirmed: 18 7/8 in., 39 lb. (47.9 cm, 17.7 kg)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 1972
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Portraits, term: Authors