Pan playing the buccin, detail of the stucco decoration, Vatican Logge, Rome
Pan playing the buccin, detail of the stucco decoration, Vatican Logge, Rome

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Pan playing the buccin, detail of the stucco decoration, Vatican Logge, Rome,

1752–56

Augustin Pajou, French, 1730–1809
after Raphael, 1483–1520; born Rome, Italy; died Urbino, Italy
x1948-434

Information

Title
Pan playing the buccin, detail of the stucco decoration, Vatican Logge, Rome
Dates

1752–56

Maker
Augustin Pajou
after Raphael
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brown wash over black chalk
Dimensions
24.7 x 16.6 cm (9 3/4 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-434
Place Depicted

Europe, Italy, Rome

Inscription
in brown ink, lower center: al vaticano in brown ink, verso lower center: antique | al vatiquan in graphite, verso lower left: G 45 [in circle] in graphite, verso lower left: Pajou 41 25/ [in Platt hand] in graphite, verso lower right: E 45 [with X above in red pencil] | 1925 [in Platt hand] in graphite, verso lower right: 7367 [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, ink, wash, laid paper
Subject
men, horn, 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 black.

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