Bust of a Woman

Augustin Pajou and studio (French, 1730–1809)

dated 177(4?)

Object PlaceFrance

Medium/TechniqueCast terracotta with a plaster fill

DimensionsOverall (without socle): 20 x 16.8 cm (7 7/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Other (with socle): 36.8 cm (14 1/2 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

Accession number65.2218

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ClassificationsSculpture

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsSigned and dated upper right edge of truncation, inscribed in the clay before firing: Pajou.f.177(4?)Provenance1937, David David-Weill (b. 1871 - d. 1952), Paris and Neuilly-sur-Seine, France; 1937, sold by David-Weill to Wildenstein and Company, New York [see note 1]; May 18, 1940, sold by Wildenstein to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI [see note 2]; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)

NOTES:
[1] See "Sale of the David-Weill Collection," Art News, February 27, 1937, pp. 12, 20.
[2] Sold as a portrait of "Madame Olivier".