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

Bust of Marcus Aurelius

before 1689
Marble, height 64,5 cm
Museo di Sant'Agostino, Genoa

The bust together with those of the Young August, the Emperor August and a female bust was intended to decorate an aristocratic palace, reflecting the taste of the commissioners for antiquities. From the slight differences in the execution of the four busts an intervention of the assistants can be deduced (less in Marcus Aurelius than in the others).