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Augustin Pajou

Augustin Pajou

1730–1809

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Sculpture

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Institutional Exhibitions

30

Works in Collection

39

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4

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WikidataQ524291

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About

Why this artist matters now

Augustin Pajou was a French sculptor, born in Paris. At eighteen he won the Prix de Rome, and at thirty exhibited his Pluton tenant Cerbère enchaîné.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 8d ago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Artworks (30)

Pierre François Basan (1723–1797)

1900 · Terracotta

Height (with socle): 29 in. (73.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Overall (wt. confirmed): 48 1/4 × 17 × 17 × 11 3/4 in., 623lb. (122.6 × 43.2 × 43.2 × 29.8 cm, 282.5909kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Torchère figure (one of a pair)

1800 · Plaster, carved and gilded wood

Overall (wt. confirmed): H. 67 in., Wt. 179lb. (170.2 cm, 81.1939kg);

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1800 · Terracotta

Height: 23 7/8 in. (60.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Torchère figure (one of a pair)

1800 · Plaster, carved and gilded wood

H. 67 in. (170.2 cm.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fidelity, the Mother of Constant Love

1799 · Terracotta

15 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 8 in. (39.4 x 19.1 x 20.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Madame de Wailly, née Adélaïde-Flore Belleville (1765–1838)

1789 · Bust: marble; base: grey marble

Overall, without base (confirmed): H. 24 5/8 x W. 19 7/8 x D. 10 3/4 in. (62.5 x 50.5 x 27.3 cm);

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Design for a Sculpture in a Niche

Design for a Sculpture in a Niche

1780 · drawing — pen and ink, bursh with brown washes, graphite, black crayon on paper

20.4 × 9.8 cm (8 1/16 × 3 7/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Design for a Monumental Vase

Design for a Monumental Vase

1778 · Pen, brush and brown and black ink, brush and brown wash, with traces of black chalk, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, on buff laid paper, laid down on cream laid card

32.8 × 19.8 cm (12 15/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Aeneas Fleeing with Anchises from the Ruins of Troy

Aeneas Fleeing with Anchises from the Ruins of Troy

1777 · Red chalk, over graphite, on off-white laid paper, laid down on cream laid card

32.1 × 43.4 cm (12 11/16 × 17 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Muse Terpsichore

The Muse Terpsichore

1768 · red chalk on laid paper

overall: 30 x 20.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Head of a Bearded Elder

1768 · Terracotta on a bleu turquin marble socle

without socle, confirmed: 14 1/4 × 12 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (36.2 × 30.8 × 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Project for a Monumental Fountain

1767 · Pen and brown and black ink, brush and brown and gray wash

15 11/16 x 24 in. (39.8 x 61 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Calliope

overall: 158 x 60.8 x 46.1 cm (62 3/16 x 23 15/16 x 18 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

1763 · Buff terracotta with reddish patination

Overall: 24 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (62.5 × 19.1 × 19.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Project for the Tomb of the Maréchal de Belle-Isle

Project for the Tomb of the Maréchal de Belle-Isle

1761 · Black chalk, pen and black ink, point of brush and brown-black ink; gray and brown wash, red watercolor, white gouache on yellow-brown wove paper

90 x 56.9 cm (35 7/16 x 22 3/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Ripetta in Rome [verso]

The Ripetta in Rome [verso]

1752 · pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper

overall: 12.4 x 18 cm (4 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Ancient Ruins on the Bank of the Tiber

Ancient Ruins on the Bank of the Tiber

1752 · pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper

overall: 18 x 12.3 cm (7 1/16 x 4 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Lion's Head from the Capitoline Staircase

Lion's Head from the Capitoline Staircase

1752 · black chalk on laid paper

overall: 18 x 12.3 cm (7 1/16 x 4 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Borghese Cybele

The Borghese Cybele

1752 · pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper

overall: 18.6 x 11.5 cm (7 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

One of Niobe's Daughters

One of Niobe's Daughters

1752 · black chalk on laid paper

sheet: 17.8 × 13.3 cm (7 × 5 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Ludovisi Menander

The Ludovisi Menander

1752 · pen and black ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper

overall: 26.5 x 19.4 cm (10 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Ludovisi Water Carrier

The Ludovisi Water Carrier

1752 · black chalk with gray wash on laid paper

overall: 19 x 13.1 cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Rocky Landscape with Figures

1747 · Black chalk

Sheet: 5 1/8 × 7 3/8 in. (13 × 18.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

30 published of 30 catalogued · 13 with image

The Met
17 published
Nga
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Art Institute Chicago
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Smithsonian
1 published1 img
Cooper Hewitt
1 published1 img

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Images

9 assets

Project for the Tomb of the Maréchal de Belle-Isle (1761)

Smithsonian Institution

Design for a Sculpture in a Niche (1780)

Smithsonian Institution

Pair of Marble Statuettes: Fickle Love and Faithful Love (1800s)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fickle Love (1800s)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Hubert Robert (early 1900s)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Faithful Love (1800s)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Aeneas Fleeing with Anchises from the Ruins of Troy (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

In collection

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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