Title: Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
Object type: Bust
Date: 1773
Artist:  Jean Antoine Houdon 
Artist bio: French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Height (bust): 15 3/4 in. (40 cm); Height (stand): 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm); wt. confirmed: 20 7/16 in., 51.9 lb. (51.9 cm, 23.5 kg)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1974
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Portraits, term: Authors