Augustin Pajou

French, 1730 - 1809

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Augustin Pajou, The Muse Terpsichore, c. 1768, red chalk on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1997.39.1

The Muse Terpsichore

Augustin Pajou · c. 1768 · red chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1997.39.1

A woman carved from cream-white marble stands holding an open book to which she points in this free-standing sculpture. In this photograph, her body faces us but her head turns to our right. She has a long nose, small mouth, and rounded chin. Her wavy, upswept hair is topped by a semi-circular headdress. Her voluminous gown clings to her torso, leaving one breast exposed. The fabric falls in deep folds around her legs and sandalled feet. Her left shoulder, on our right, is bare. A band crosses her chest from that shoulder to her waist. She holds the tall book in her right hand, on our left, braced against that hip. Her other hand points to the words inscribed in Latin on its pages. It reads, “CALLIOPE REGI NA,HOMINVM, DIVVMQVE VO LVPTAS CARMINIS HE ROI NVMERIS FVLGENTIA SIGNIS AGMINA, BEL LANTVMQVE ANIMOS, ET P RAELIA CAN TO, INCLYTAQVE AETERNAE COMMI TO. NOMINA FAMAE.” She stands on a square base supported on a fawn-brown, veined marble plinth. The background behind her is nickel gray.
Augustin Pajou, Calliope, c. 1763, marble, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.5.107

Calliope

Augustin Pajou · c. 1763 · marble ·  Accession ID  1952.5.107

Augustin Pajou, One of Niobe's Daughters, 1752/1756, black chalk on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1999.75.3

One of Niobe's Daughters

Augustin Pajou · 1752/1756 · black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1999.75.3

Augustin Pajou, The Ripetta in Rome [verso], 1752/1756, pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1999.75.1.b

The Ripetta in Rome [verso]

Augustin Pajou · 1752/1756 · pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1999.75.1.b

Augustin Pajou, The Ludovisi Water Carrier, 1752/1756, black chalk with gray wash on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1999.75.2

The Ludovisi Water Carrier

Augustin Pajou · 1752/1756 · black chalk with gray wash on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1999.75.2

Augustin Pajou, The Ludovisi Menander, 1752/1756, pen and black ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1999.75.6

The Ludovisi Menander

Augustin Pajou · 1752/1756 · pen and black ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1999.75.6

Augustin Pajou, Angel from the Assumption [recto], 1752/1756, black chalk on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1999.75.1.a

Angel from the Assumption [recto]

Augustin Pajou · 1752/1756 · black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1999.75.1.a

Augustin Pajou, Ancient Ruins on the Bank of the Tiber, 1752/1756, pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1999.75.5.b

Ancient Ruins on the Bank of the Tiber

Augustin Pajou · 1752/1756 · pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1999.75.5.b

Augustin Pajou, The Borghese Cybele, 1752/1756, pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1999.75.4

The Borghese Cybele

Augustin Pajou · 1752/1756 · pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1999.75.4

Augustin Pajou, Lion's Head from the Capitoline Staircase, 1752/1756, black chalk on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1999.75.5.a

Lion's Head from the Capitoline Staircase

Augustin Pajou · 1752/1756 · black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1999.75.5.a