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Ceres
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Ceres

ca. 1768–70

Medium

Buff terracotta with reddish patination

Tags

Dimensions

Overall: 24 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (62.5 × 19.1 × 19.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, C. Michael Paul Gift, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift, and Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, 1978

Classification

Sculpture

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

French, Paris

Rights

Public Domain

About Augustin Pajou

1730–1809France

Pajou was born into a family of sculptors and was among the most successful artists of his generation. He received many royal and public commissions as a favorite of Louis XVI's mistress, Madame du Barry. He was also a famed portraitist, which allowed him to continue to find clientele after the Revolution. French sculptor and draughtsman. Comment on works: Sculptor; Mythology, Portraits, history