PAJOU, Augustin (1730-1809), born at Paris on 19th September 1730, was a member of the Academy and a leading sculptor of the French school during the reigns of Louis XV. and Louis XVI. His portrait busts of Buffon and of Madame Du Barry, and his statuette of Bossuet (all in the Louvre), are amongst his best works. He died at Paris May 8, 1809.

Picnon, Mélanges de la Société des bibliophiles, 1856; Madame Du Barry, Mémoire des oeuvres de Pajou∖ Barbet de Jouy, Sculptures mod. au Louvre.