Horseman and Roman soldier, detail of The Way to Calvary, Church del Gesù, Rome
Horseman and Roman soldier, detail of The Way to Calvary, Church del Gesù, Rome
Horseman and Roman soldier, detail of The Way to Calvary, Church del Gesù, Rome
Horseman and Roman soldier, detail of The Way to Calvary, Church del Gesù, Rome

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Horseman and Roman soldier, detail of The Way to Calvary, Church del Gesù, Rome,

1752–56

Augustin Pajou, French, 1730–1809
after Gaspare Celio, Italian, 1571–1640
x1948-401

Information

Title
Horseman and Roman soldier, detail of The Way to Calvary, Church del Gesù, Rome
Dates

1752–56

Maker
Augustin Pajou
after Gaspare Celio
Medium
Grey wash over black chalk
Dimensions
26.4 x 19.9 cm. (10 3/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-401
Place Depicted

Europe, Italy, Rome

Inscription
in graphite, verso lower left: original Puget ? in graphite, verso lower left and center: Pajou 46 18/ E9 [with X above in red pencil] 1925 [in Platt hand] in graphite, verso lower right: 7360 [in circle]
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp in black, verso lower left: D.F.P. [in circle] [Lugt 750a]
Culture
French
Type
drawings
Materials
black chalk, laid paper, wash
Subject
spears (weapons), soldiers, horses, equestrians

Possibly from one of three albums of Pajou drawings that remained in possession of his son Jacques-Augustin-Catherine Pajou (1766–1828); purchased, probably in London, in 1925 by Dan Fellows Platt, stamp (L. 750a), verso, lower left, in black.

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