Torchère figure (one of a pair)
19th century
Medium
Plaster, carved and gilded wood
Dimensions
Overall (wt. confirmed): H. 67 in., Wt. 179lb. (170.2 cm, 81.1939kg); Overall (integral base): W. 17 × D. 11 5/8 in. (43.2 × 29.5 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906
Accession Number
07.225.195b
Tags
About the Artist
Augustin Pajou · 1730–1809
Augustin Pajou (1730–1809) was one of the foremost French sculptors of the second half of the eighteenth century, whose long and distinguished career bridged the Rococo grace of the Ancien Régime and the more sober classicizing spirit that emerged in the revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. Born in Paris into a family with artistic connections — his father was an ornamental sculptor — Pajou showe...