PUGET, Pierre
(b. 1620, Marseille, d. 1694, Marseille)

Virgin and Child

1682
Marble, height 140 cm
Museo di Sant'Agostino, Genoa

The statue was commissioned by an unknown (probably a Balbi) nobleman for the private chapel in his palace in Genoa. It is surprisingly monumental for a private chapel. The statue, which shows a faint resemblance to Puget's painting The Holy Family at the Palm-tree, is midway between baroque and classicism.