Antique statue of the so-called Jupiter, standing on a circular altar and the same altar on the right
Antique statue of the so-called Jupiter, standing on a circular altar and the same altar on the right

Currently not on view

Antique statue of the so-called Jupiter, standing on a circular altar and the same altar on the right,

1752–56

Augustin Pajou, French, 1730–1809
x1948-404

Information

Title
Antique statue of the so-called Jupiter, standing on a circular altar and the same altar on the right
Dates

1752–56

Maker
Augustin Pajou
Medium
Black chalk and brown wash
Dimensions
21.8 x 15.6 cm (8 9/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-404
Place Depicted

Europe, Italy, Florence

Inscription
in black chalk, lower right: de la villa | Medisice in graphite, verso lower right: 7355 [in circle] in graphite, verso lower left: E.6 2 [superscipt] [with X above in red pencil] | PAJOU 24- 25/ [in Platt 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, antiques, statues, standing

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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