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One of Niobe's Daughters

Augustin Pajou · 1752/1756

Augustin Pajou: French, 1730 - 1809

UnclassifiedFrance

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One of Niobe's Daughters

1752/1756

black chalk on laid paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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black chalk on laid paper
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sheet: 17.8 × 13.3 cm (7 × 5 1/4 in.)
Collection no.
1999.75.3
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Augustin Pajou. One of Niobe's Daughters. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: National Gallery of Art

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One of Niobe's Daughters — Augustin Pajou. 1752/1756.

Medium: black chalk on laid paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 17.8 × 13.3 cm (7 × 5 1/4 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1999.75.3. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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Augustin Pajou. One of Niobe's Daughters. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.