# The Sculptor Augustin Pajou

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LABILLE-GUIARD, Adélaide](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/labille-guiard-adlaide-rf3e04f39830368>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Pastel on blue paper, 71 x 59 cm

## Commentary

The sculptor Augustine Pajou is portrayed at work, putting the finishing touches to the clay bust of his master Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. Dated to 1758, the bronze cast is preserved in the Louvre. Adélaide Labille-Guiard presented this pastel to the Académie Royal in 1783 with four other portraits of eminent members.

## Related artworks

- [Madame Élisabeth de France](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/labille-guiard-adlaide-rf3e04f39830368/madame-lisabeth-de-france-r94d740d8f29956>)
- [Portrait of a Lady Wearing a Pink Dress](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/labille-guiard-adlaide-rf3e04f39830368/portrait-of-a-lady-wearing-a-pink-dress-rf52822b565b748>)
- [Portrait of the Countess of Lameth](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/labille-guiard-adlaide-rf3e04f39830368/portrait-of-the-countess-of-lameth-r531bc575d2b132>)
- [Self-Portrait with Two Pupils](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/labille-guiard-adlaide-rf3e04f39830368/self-portrait-with-two-pupils-rd90d415766f0e3>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)