1754
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
The Ludovisi Menander is a 1754 ink by Augustin Pajou, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a shirtless man sitting with one leg bent, resting his arm on his knee. His other arm holds a heavy object, like a ball, against his shoulder. Behind him, a smaller figure kneels, draped in loose cloth that falls to the floor. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to capture the muscles and posture. The paper has a yellowed, aged look, like it’s been around for a while. Look up cross-hatching next to see how artists build shadows with lines.
Augustin Pajou (French pronunciation: ; 19 September 1730 – 8 May 1809) was a French sculptor, born in Paris. At eighteen he won the Prix de Rome, and at thirty exhibited his Pluton tenant Cerbère enchaîné (now in the Louvre).
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