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Vevey
Vaud

Rue du Théâtre 1
(Hotel de la Clef)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Genève 1712 - Genève 1778
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century
(Wikipedia)

Charles Reymond-Gunthert & Jean-Antoine Houdon
1919

Description

Marble plaque with a bronze relief portrait, which was made after Rousseau's bust created by Houdon in 1778.

Inscription(s)

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JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
logea en 1732

J'allay a Veveu – dit-il – loger à la clef
.... Je pris pour cette ville un amour
qui m'a suivi dans tous mes voyages.

Les Confessions

Signature

C. Reymond-Gunthert / d'après Houdon, 1919

Sculptors

Jean-Antoine Houdon (Versailles 1740 - Paris 1828), French sculptor. His portrait is on the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse (Wikipedia).
Charles Reymond-Gunthert (Vevey 1871 - La Comballaz. Vitazeile 1941), Swiss sculptor.

Locatie (N 46°27'38" - E 6°50'34") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chvd063; Photograph: 4 June 2013
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