Augustin Pajou

Sculptor, born in Paris, France. He was a pupil of Lemoyne and also studied in Rome (1752–6). He produced many portrait busts, but his greatest achievement is the decorative sculpture in the Opera House at Versailles (1768–70). He enjoyed the support of Mme du Barry, and was appointed keeper of the king's antiquities. His other famous work is Psyche Abandoned (1791, Louvre).

Augustin Pajou (September 19, 1730 - May 8, 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). His portrait busts of Buffon and of Madame du Barry (1773), and his statuette of Bossuet (all in the Louvre), are amongst his best works.

When Bernard Poyet constructed the "Fontaine des Innocents" from the earlier edifice of Pierre Lescot, Pajou provided a number of new figures for the work.