After Augustin Pajou (1730-1809) Bust... - Lot 108 - FW Auction

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After Augustin Pajou (1730-1809) Bust... - Lot 108 - FW Auction
After Augustin Pajou (1730-1809) Bust portrait of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne (1704-1778), master of Pajou, End of the 18th century beginning of the 19th century Plaster with a patina in imitation of bronze Height : 62 cm. Width : 35 cm, Depth : 25 cm. Titled, signed, dated, on the back: J.B. Lemoyne / sculptor / by the citizen / Pajou / on June 7th of / the year MDCCLVII Inscriptions on the base : You see here the Monk; we know his talent. / No one taught his art with more / No one taught his art with more eloquence / Friendship, nature and gratitude / Have wept with virtue on his tomb. By Mr Ducis of the French Academy - Bibliography: -J. D. Draper and G. Scherf, Pajou. Sculpteur du Roi 1730-1809, cat. exp. Paris-New York, 1997, p. 68. - Provenance: - Belgian private collection. - Related works: Augustin Pajou (1730-1809) Portrait, in bust, of Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne (1704-1778), 1759 Terracotta, 59.5 x 36 x 23.5 cm. Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. 1836. *** Our bust is a repeat of the famous composition-tribute that Pajou, on his return from his stay at the from his stay at the French Academy in Rome, presented at the Salon of 1759, illustrating his his esteemed master. The work earned him his first great critical success and the praise of Diderot, Marmontel, etc. The original terracotta (Fig. 1) is now in Nantes and was, until the beginning of the 20th century, covered with a the beginning of the 20th century, was covered with a patina in imitation of bronze, probably applied in the early 19th century. Around 1780, Pajou, wishing to pay a new tribute to his master, certainly following his death, had to his master, certainly following his death, had a version made in bronze with a variant, without drapery, enriched on the base with an elegiac poem by Ducis (Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv. RF1211) (fig.2). This is why our copy has the same patina in imitation of bronze and the same and the same poem. This version is known from two other copies, one was offered to the Château de Versailles by Yves Lemoyne (inv. no. unknown), and another another presented at auction (Drouot, 29 November 1979). Damage to the base.
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