Striding Roman Soldier

Augustin Pajou French

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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 a Roman soldier, striding to the left. According to the inscription, it was based on a work by Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499–ca. 1543 Messina), presumably one of his all’antica façade decorations in Rome.

Striding Roman Soldier, Augustin Pajou (French, Paris 1730–1809 Paris), Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash

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