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Rocky Landscape with Figures
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Rocky Landscape with Figures

Augustin Pajou

ca. 1752–56

Medium

Black chalk

Dimensions

Sheet: 5 1/8 × 7 3/8 in. (13 × 18.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of James David Draper, 2019

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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