
Design for a Sculpture in a Niche
Catalogue
- Year
- 1780
- Dimensions
- 20.4 × 9.8 cm (8 1/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Artist
- Augustin Pajou
Artist

Sculpture
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.
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Record
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- Augustin Pajou
- Year
- 1780
- Dimensions
- 20.4 × 9.8 cm (8 1/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1780-311171
Source
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Source
- cooper_hewitt
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





