Antique statue of a seated roman emperor
Antique statue of a seated roman emperor

Currently not on view

Antique statue of a seated roman emperor,

1752–56

Augustin Pajou, French, 1730–1809
x1948-403

Information

Title
Antique statue of a seated roman emperor
Dates

1752–56

Maker
Augustin Pajou
Medium
Black chalk and grey wash
Dimensions
18.8 x 13 cm (7 3/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-403
Inscription
in brown ink, lower center: a la villa borgaise [in artist's hand] in graphite, verso lower left: 7349 [in circle] in graphite, verso lower left: Pajou 19 15/ E-42 [with X above in red pencil] [in Platt's hand]
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp in blue, verso lower left: D.F.P. [in circle] [Lugt 750a]
Culture
French
Type
drawings
Materials
black chalk, wash, laid paper
Subject
men, statues, emperors

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 blue.

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