Houdon in Russian
In addition to Catherine II in Houdon had other customers in Russia. For example, its headstones for the graves of princes Golitsyn as the paragon of funerary culture (Museum of Architecture. Schuseva Moscow). And last exhibited his work at the Salon was the portrait of Alexander I. Emperor ordered him during a visit to Houdon's studio in 1814, after the capture of Paris by Russian troops.
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