Augustin Pajou

French · 1730–1809 · Printmaker, Sculptor

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. (Wikipedia)

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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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Born 1730, ParisDied 1809, ParisOccupation Printmaker, Sculptor, DraughtsmanWikidata Q524291 ↗ULAN 500015509 ↗Museum works 24

Also known as Augustin Pajou le Pere, M. Pajou, Monsieur Pajou, Mr. Pajou, Pajou, Pajou père, père du dèfunt Pajou

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Augustin Pajou, Fidelity, the Mother of Constant Love — **Fidelity, the Mother of Constant Love**1799 · Terracotta
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Gifts of J. Pierpont Morgan and Irw…

Augustin Pajou, Madame de Wailly, née Adélaïde-Flore Belleville (1765–1838) — **Madame de Wailly, née Adélaïde-Flore Belleville (1765–1838)**1789 · Bust: marble; base: grey marble
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1956 — Open Access (CC0)

Augustin Pajou, Head of a Bearded Elder — **Head of a Bearded Elder**1768 · .1Terracotta on a bleu turquin marble socle
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2003 — O…

Augustin Pajou, Ceres — **Ceres**ca. 1768–70 · Buff terracotta with reddish patination
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, C. Michael Paul Gift, Josephine Bay…

Augustin Pajou, Torchère figure (one of a pair) — **Torchère figure (one of a pair)**19th century · Plaster, carved and gilded wood
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906 — Open Acces…

Augustin Pajou, Calliope — **Calliope**c. 1763 · marble
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection — Open Access…

Augustin Pajou, The Muse Terpsichore — **The Muse Terpsichore**c. 1768 · red chalk on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Augustin Pajou, The Ludovisi Menander — **The Ludovisi Menander**1752/1756 · pen and black ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Augustin Pajou, The Ludovisi Water Carrier — **The Ludovisi Water Carrier**1752/1756 · black chalk with gray wash on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Augustin Pajou, One of Niobe's Daughters — **One of Niobe's Daughters**1752/1756 · black chalk on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Augustin Pajou, The Borghese Cybele — **The Borghese Cybele**1752/1756 · pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Augustin Pajou, Untitled — **Untitled**1765
Musée des Augustins ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musée des Augustins

Augustin Pajou, Psyche Abandoned — **Psyche Abandoned**1790
Department of Sculptures of the Louvre ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Department of Sculptures of the Louvre

Augustin Pajou, Bust of Madame du Barry by Augustin Pajou — **Bust of Madame du Barry by Augustin Pajou**1773
National Museum in Warsaw ↗
CC0 · Augustin Pajou, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — National Museum in Warsaw

Augustin Pajou, Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun — **Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun**1783
Department of Sculptures of the Louvre ↗
CC BY 4.0 · Augustin Pajou, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) — Department of Sculptures …

Augustin Pajou, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne — **Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne**1750
Department of Sculptures of the Louvre ↗
CC0 · Shonagon, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Department of Sculptures of the Louvre

Augustin Pajou, 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
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Print and Drawing Club Fund in honor of Helen Regen…

Augustin Pajou, 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
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Worcester Sketch Fund — public domain (CC0)

Augustin Pajou, Faithful Love — **Faithful Love**1800s · marble
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father,…

Augustin Pajou, Portrait of Hubert Robert — **Portrait of Hubert Robert**early 1900s · terracotta
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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