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Project for a Monumental Fountain
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Project for a Monumental Fountain

Augustin Pajou

1767

Medium

Pen and brown and black ink, brush and brown and gray wash

Tags

FountainsMenWomenTrees

Dimensions

15 11/16 x 24 in. (39.8 x 61 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1979

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Augustin Pajou

1730–1809 • France

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

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