Ceres

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Artist: Augustin Pajou (French, Paris 1730–1809 Paris)
Date: ca. 1768–70
Medium: Buff terracotta with reddish patination
Dimensions: Overall: 24 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (62.5 × 19.1 × 19.1 cm)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: Sculpture
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Credit line: Purchase, C. Michael Paul Gift, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift, and Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, 1978
Accession no.: 1978.2

Design for a Monumental Vase
Augustin Pajou
1778 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00002335
Aeneas Fleeing with Anchises from the Ruins of Troy
Augustin Pajou
1777 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003038
Madame de Wailly, née Adélaïde-Flore Belleville (1765–1838)
Augustin Pajou
1789 · Sculpture
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00016722
Fidelity, the Mother of Constant Love
Augustin Pajou
1799 · Sculpture
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00016789

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.