Title: Georges-Louis-Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707–1788)
Object type: Bust
Date: 1782
Artist:  Jean Antoine Houdon 
Artist bio: French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Tinted stucco
Dimensions: Height: 23 5/8 in. (60 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, 1973
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Portraits