Copy after an Ancient Sarcophagus

Augustin Pajou

ca. 1752–56 · Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk · Drawings and Prints

This sheet was made by the French sculptor Augustin Pajou while he was a pensionnaire at the French Academy in Rome between 1752 and 1756. Executed in fluid pen and wash, it depicts an ancient battle. According to the inscription, it was based on a detail of an ancient sarcophagus at the Villa Ludovisi in Rome.

Artist

Augustin Pajou

Date

ca. 1752–56

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of James David Draper and the Robert Isaacson Collection, 2020