Pierre Puget
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Pierre Puget (1620-1694) was a French Baroque sculptor, painter, and architect from Marseille, often called the "French Michelangelo" for the muscular intensity of his marble figures. He trained in Italy under Pietro da Cortona and spent years in Genoa before returning to France.
His Milo of Croton (1671-82), showing the ancient athlete trapped by a tree and attacked by a lion, is one of the most powerful Baroque sculptures in France. It stands in the Louvre. Despite his talent, Puget struggled for recognition at Versailles, where the more restrained classicism of Girardon and Coysevox was preferred.
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About Pierre Puget
Puget's Milo of Croton at the Louvre is his masterwork: a tortured athlete trapped by a tree and attacked by a lion. Its muscular intensity earned him the nickname 'the French Michelangelo.'
The Milo of Croton and Perseus and Andromeda are at the Louvre in Paris. Other works are in Genoa's churches and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille.
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