Currently not on view
Statue of Saint Sebastian, Church of Santa Maria Assunta di Carignano, Genoa
after Pierre Puget, French, 1620–1694
formerly attributed to Augustin Pajou, French, 1730–1809
formerly attributed to Augustin Pajou, French, 1730–1809
x1948-447
Information
Title
Statue of Saint Sebastian, Church of Santa Maria Assunta di Carignano, Genoa
Maker
after Pierre Puget
Medium
Red chalk; counterproof
Dimensions
33.4 x 20 cm (13 1/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-447
Place Depicted
Europe, Italy, Genoa
Inscription
In brown ink, lower center: a Genova del Signor Pujet [in unknown hand]
In graphite, verso, lower left: Pajou 22 2-2-0 [in Platt hand]
In graphite, verso, lower center: E-29 [with X above in red pencil] [in Platt hand] St Sebastien | Prob after P. Puget | in S. M. di Carignano | Ref to by | Mrs Jameson[in Platt hand]
In graphite, verso, lower right: 7341 [in circle]
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp in black, verso, lower left: [circle with initials D.F.P.] [Lugt 750a]
Culture
Type
Purchased, probably in London, in 1925 by Dan Fellows Platt, stamp (L. 750a), verso, lower left, in black
formerly attributed to Augustin Pajou, French, 1730–1809
- 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. 11, fig. 4; p. 15
- "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. 46
