Thomas Jefferson had a bust of this figure in Monticello on the first floor in the Entrance Hall. A notable sculpture of him was inspired by a Roman statue entitled Old Fisher
Thomas Jefferson had a bust of this figure in Monticello on the first floor in the Entrance Hall. A notable sculpture of him was inspired by a Roman statue entitled Old Fisherman depicting a dying Seneca. That statue shows him with emaciated flesh and engorged veins and prompted an offer from King Gustavus III of Sweden to pay for clothes as a result of the scandal over this figure being sculpted nude.  In response, another sculpture of this man was done clothing him in fine drapery and based on several posing sessions he did upon his return to Paris in 1778. That sculpture of him "seated" initially proved more popular than the nude done by Jean Pigalle. For 10 points, name this writer sculpted several times by Jean-Antoine Houdon.
Thomas Jefferson had a bust of this figure in Monticello on the first floor in the Entrance Hall.
Voltaire (or Francois-Marie Arouet)