Bird sculpture

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Jean-Antoine Houdon - The Dead Thrush (La Grive Morte), 1782 Houdon Sculpture, Dead Bird, Birds Feathers, Animal Skeletons, Plaster Sculpture, A Silent Voice, Marble Sculpture, Bird Sculpture, High Relief

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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