Currently not on view
Tomb of Cardinal Domenico Pimentel, Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome,
1756
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
x1948-450
Information
Title
Tomb of Cardinal Domenico Pimentel, Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome
Dates
1756
Maker
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brown wash, over black chalk
Dimensions
28.2 x 22.3 cm. (11 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-450
Place Depicted
Europe, Italy, Rome
Inscription
In ink, lower left: Tombeau
In ink, center: DOMVS O SS [illegible] | CARDINALI LOM RITATE BARELLI | M A CC Q N M I K H B O L M I N P O M V S | [illegible] | [illegible] | A LA MINERVA IN ROMA | [illegible] | PAJOV MDCCLVI [ in artist's hand]
In graphite, verso, lower left: PAJOU 20 18/ [in Platt hand]
In graphite, verso, lower center: after Bernini
In graphite, verso, lower right: 7362 [in circle]
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp in blue, verso, lower left: [circle with initials D.F.P.] [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 left, in blue.
