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image of Calliope
Augustin Pajou (artist)
French, 1730 - 1809
Calliope, c. 1763
marble
overall: 158 x 60.8 x 46.1 cm (62 3/16 x 23 15/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
Samuel H. Kress Collection
1952.5.107
On View
From the Tour: Marble Sculpture from France
Object 4 of 8
1951Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection Acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1945-1951. Introduction by John Walker, text by William E. Suida. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 256, no. 115, repro., as The Muse Calliope.
1959Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 450, repro.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 164
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 144, repro.
1976Middeldorf, Ulrich. Sculptures from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools XIV-XIX Century. London, 1976: 109.
1994Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 172, repro.
2005The Arts of France from François Ier to Napoléon Ier. A Centennial Celebration of Wildenstein's Presence in New York. Exh. cat. Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York, 2005: 65, fig. 90, 75 (not in the exhibition).

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