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About the Artwork
Puget traveled to Rome in the early 1660s, where he closely studied ancient busts in the collections of wealthy nobles. Although inspired by Greek and Roman depictions of individual philosophers, orators, and writers, Puget created a generalized image of this type—a mature, bearded man with a furrowed brow— rather than a portrait of a particular historical figure. The rounded forms of the flesh and individual locks of hair are particularly characteristic of 17th-century baroque taste.
Inscriptions
inscribed: "P. Puget S. Romae / 1662."
Provenance
Société pour le Commerce des Tableaux., S.A. (Geneva, Switzerland), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970). The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1988-January 15, 1989). Pierre Puget. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marseille (organizer) (October 28, 1994-January 31, 1995).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Pierre Puget (French, 1620–1694)
- Date
- 1662
- Medium
- marble
- Dimensions
- Overall: 39.4 x 22.6 x 25.4 cm (15 1/2 x 8 7/8 x 10 in.); Base: 20.5 x 20.5 x 20 cm (8 1/16 x 8 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
- Accession no.
- 1969.121
More by Pierre Puget in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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