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Justice, Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Rome,
ca. 1760
Jean-Robert Ango, French, died after 1773
after Camillo Rusconi, Italian, 1658–1728
formerly attributed to Augustin Pajou, French, 1730–1809
after Camillo Rusconi, Italian, 1658–1728
formerly attributed to Augustin Pajou, French, 1730–1809
x1948-405
This is one of several drawings Pajou made of the personifi-cations of Virtues in niches of the Ludovisi Chapel at the Jesuit church S. Ignazio Loyola in Rome. Here, he renders the lively, animated stance and agitated drapery patterns that the sculptor Rusconi achieved in modeled stucco works. Executed in 1685–86, the figures embody the Cardinal Virtues first defined by ancient philosophers, beginning with Plato, and then adopted by the Christian fathers of the Church. Pajou’s interest in Rusconi (1658–1728), a Lombard who studied with Bernini’s collaborator Ercole Ferrata, shows the French artist’s attention to more recent Roman stylistic trends.
Information
Title
Justice, Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Rome
Dates
ca. 1760
Maker
Medium
Black chalk
Dimensions
27.3 x 20.5 cm (10 3/4 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-405
Place Depicted
Europe, Italy, Rome
Inscription
in brown ink, center right: al collegio Romano
in graphite, verso lower left and center: PAJOU 15 25/ E37- [with X above in red pencil] 1925 [in Platt hand]
in graphite, verso lower right: 7395 [in circle]
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp in blue, verso lower left: D.F.P. [in circle] [Lugt 750a]
Culture
Type
Materials
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.
formerly attributed to Augustin Pajou, French, 1730–1809
Justice: Stucco statue by Camillo Rusconi in S. Ignazio di Loyola, Rome
