Milo of Croton
Pierre Puget
marble original 1670-1682, bronze reduction late 17th/early 18th century
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall: 61.6 x 47 x 38.1 cm (24 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 15 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Accession Number
1985.51.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Pierre Puget · 1620–1694
**Pierre Puget** (1620–1694) was a French Baroque painter, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose dramatic, emotionally charged works set him apart from the more restrained classicism favored at the court of Louis XIV. Born in Marseille to a stonemason father, he trained as a woodcarver and began his career at age fourteen carving elaborate ornaments for galleys in the local shipyards. In 1640 h...