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  1. Portrait of Pajou by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard. Bust of Michel-Jean Sedaine, 1775, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Mercury, 1780. Augustin Pajou (19 September 1730 – 8 May 1809) was a French sculptor, born in Paris. At eighteen he won the Prix de Rome, and at thirty exhibited his Pluton tenant Cerbère enchaîné (now in the Louvre).

  2. Apr 1, 2024 · Augustin Pajou (born Sept. 19, 1730, Paris, France—died May 8, 1809, Paris) was a French sculptor and decorator known mainly for his portrait busts of famous contemporaries, such as his patroness, Madame du Barry, and for directing the decoration of the Versailles opera house.

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  3. Feb 21, 2024 · Augustin Pajou (Getty Museum) Person. Augustin Pajou, who later won prestige and celebrity under Kings Louis XV and Louis XVI, grew up in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, then one of the poorer sections of Paris.

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  5. This groundbreaking publication is the first major study of the French Neoclassical sculptor Augustin Pajou (1730–1809) in almost a century, and it is the only work about him in English. Less known outside his native land than his contemporaries Pigalle, Clodion, and Houdon, he is fully as worthy of attention.

  6. Sep 19, 2014 · Born on This Day: Augustin Pajou. The celebrated French sculptor Augustin Pajou was a contemporary of Clodion, Houdon and Pigalle but is today (despite his obvious skill!) not as well known outside of France as he perhaps should be. Portrait of Augustin Pajou by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, France, 1783. Musée du Louvre.

  7. Head of a Bearded Elder. Augustin Pajou French. 1768. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 639. The precise meaning of this bristling elder remains to be determined. Suggestions for his identity have ranged from Aristotle to Moses to a retired pugilist.

  8. The Collection. European Sculpture and Decorative Arts. Madame de Wailly, née Adélaïde-Flore Belleville (1765–1838) Augustin Pajou French. 1789. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 633. The sitter was the wife of Pajou's lifelong friend Charles de Wailly, a companion from student days in Rome.

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