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Jean-Antoine Houdon - The Dead Thrush (La Grive Morte), 1782 Dead Bird, Animal Skeletons, Versailles France, Marble Sculpture, Mount Vernon, Bird Sculpture, A Silent Voice, High Relief, Song Bird

Houdon applies his powers of lifelike representation to this portrayal of a lifeless songbird hanging by its feet from a nail with a delicate ribbon. The artist amplifies the trompe l’oeil conceit of the work through the drooping wing of the thrush, whose stiff feathers, differentiated from the down of its body, extend beyond the frame in a masterful expression of high-relief

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