Head of a Bearded Elder

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Artist: Augustin Pajou (French, Paris 1730–1809 Paris)
Date: 1768
Medium: .1Terracotta on a bleu turquin marble socle
Dimensions: without socle, confirmed: 14 1/4 × 12 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (36.2 × 30.8 × 24.1 cm) with socle, confirmed: 21 1/2 × 12 1/8 × 9 1/2 in., 43.1 lb. (54.6 × 30.8 × 24.1 cm, 19.6 kg)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: Sculpture
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2003
Accession no.: 2003.25

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Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00002335
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1777 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003038
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1789 · Sculpture
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00016777

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