Rocky Landscape with Figures ca. 1752–56 Augustin Pajou This sheet was made by the French sculptor Augustin Pajou while he was a pensionnaire at the French Academy in Rome between 1752 and 1756. On the recto, he sketched (or copied?) a rocky landscape with figures. On the verso, he sketched two quick designs for a cartouche with the king’s arms intended for the façade of the Palazzo Mancini in Rome, home of the French Academy. The cartouche, commissioned in 1753, was never Rocky Landscape with Figures. Augustin Pajou (French, Paris 1730–1809 Paris). ca. 1752–56. Black chalk. Drawing
Rocky Landscape with Figures ca. 1752–56 Augustin Pajou This sheet was made by the French sculptor Augustin Pajou while he was a pensionnaire at the French Academy in Rome between 1752 and 1756. On the recto, he sketched (or copied?) a rocky landscape with figures. On the verso, he sketched two quick designs for a cartouche with the king’s arms intended for the façade of the Palazzo Mancini in Rome, home of the French Academy. The cartouche, commissioned in 1753, was never Rocky Landscape with Figures. Augustin Pajou (French, Paris 1730–1809 Paris). ca. 1752–56. Black chalk. Drawings
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