Selene and a griffin, details of a roman sarcophagus, Capitoline Museums, Rome
Selene and a griffin, details of a roman sarcophagus, Capitoline Museums, Rome

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Selene and a griffin, details of a roman sarcophagus, Capitoline Museums, Rome,

1752–56

Augustin Pajou, French, 1730–1809
x1948-426

Information

Title
Selene and a griffin, details of a roman sarcophagus, Capitoline Museums, Rome
Dates

1752–56

Maker
Augustin Pajou
Medium
Pen and black ink, grey wash
Dimensions
29 x 19 cm (11 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-426
Place Depicted

Europe, Italy, Rome

Inscription
in brown ink, lower left: au capitol in graphite, verso lower left: PAJOU 36 25/ E 19 [with X above in red pencil] [in Platt hand] in graphite, verso lower right: 7390 [in circle]
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp in blue, verso lower left: D.F.P. [in circle] [Lugt 750a]
Culture
French
Type
drawings
Materials
laid paper, ink, wash
Subject
sarcophagi, figures (representations), women

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.

Details from an Ancient Sarcophagus, in the Museo Capitolino, Rome

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