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2 unusual facts about Pierre Puget


Pierre Puget

His statue of Milo of Croton (Louvre) had been completed in 1682, Perseus and Andromeda (Louvre) in 1684; and Alexander and Diogenes (bas-relief, Louvre) in 1685, but, in spite of the personal favour which he enjoyed, Puget, on coming to Paris in 1688 to push forward the execution of an equestrian statue of Louis XIV, found court intrigues too much for him.

Tivoli Cathedral

The French sculptor Christophe Veyrier (1637-1689), a nephew and follower of Pierre Puget, is the author of the Immaculate Conception above the altar;


Italian Baroque art

Prolonged visits to the town were made by artists from other parts of Italy and other countries, including Velázquez, Van Dyck, the French sculptor Pierre Puget, Bernardo Strozzi and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione.


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