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Augustin Pajou French
In this highly moralizing allegory, the young woman's hair is styled modishly à la Titus, a short bob in emulation of a hairstyle favored by ancient Roman republicans.
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Title: Fidelity, the Mother of Constant Love
Artist:
Augustin Pajou (French, Paris 1730–1809 Paris)
Date: 1799
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 8 in. (39.4 x 19.1 x 20.3 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Gifts of J. Pierpont Morgan and Irwin Untermyer, by exchange, 1986
Accession Number: 1986.282
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