The Sculptor Augustin Pajou
by LABILLE-GUIARD, Adélaide, Pastel on blue paper, 71 x 59 cm
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. Ad�laide Labille-Guiard presented this pastel to the Acad�mie Royal in 1783 with four other portraits of eminent members.