# Madame de Wailly \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PAJOU, Augustin]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary Pajou had a profound ability to convey the essence of character and personality. Madame de Wailly is cool and detached. One senses the intelligence behind the stern image, and its severity is offset by the undraped breast and luxurious and unruly locks of hair. Rendering hair was one of the sculptors great talents. ## Related artworks - [Bas-relief]() - [Bas-relief]() - [Bust of Louis XVI]() - [Bust of Madame du Barry]() - [Head of a Bearded Elder]() - [Head of a Bearded Old Man]() - [Hubert Robert]() - [Madame de Wailly]() - [Mantel clock]() - [Psyche Abandoned]() - [The Princess of Hesse-Homburg as Minerva]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()