Currently not on view
Tomb of Urban VIII, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome,
1752–56
Augustin Pajou, French, 1730–1809
after Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1598–1680; born Naples, Italy; died Rome, Italy
after Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1598–1680; born Naples, Italy; died Rome, Italy
x1948-449
Information
Title
Tomb of Urban VIII, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome
Dates
1752–56
Maker
Medium
Brown and gray wash, over black chalk
Dimensions
30.6 x 26.5 cm. (12 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-449
Place Depicted
Europe, Italy, Rome
Inscription
In ink, lower right: Tombeau | d'urbin | VIII [in unknown hand]
In graphite, verso, lower left: PAJOU 45 2-10- [in Platt hand]
In graphite, verso, lower right below stamp: 7366 [in circle] [in unknown hand]
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp in black, verso, lower right: [D.F.P. in circle] [Lugt 750a]
Culture
Type
Subject
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 right, in black.
- Michel N. Benisovich, "Drawings by Sculptor Augustin Pajou in the Art Museum," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 14, no. 1 (1955): 9–16., p. 13, fig. 7; p. 16
- "Sixteenth-to eighteenth-century French drawings from the permanent collection: a checklist of the exhibition," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 42, no. 1 (1983): p. 43-49., p. 43
