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Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

A Philosopher

A Philosopher

1662
(French, 1620–1694)
France, made in Rome, 17th century
marble
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.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1969.121
Location: 212 Baroque Painting and Sculpture

Description

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.
  • Société pour le Commerce des Tableaux., S.A. (Geneva, Switzerland), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
  • Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1969." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 57, no. 1 (1970): 2-50. p. 44, no. 12, repr. p. 15 25152307
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 173 archive.org
  • Pierre Puget. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marseille (organizer) (October 28, 1994-January 31, 1995).
    Marseille, France, Musée des Beaux Arts, October 28, 1994-January 30, 1995: "Pierre Puget," cat. #27, p. 106-107
    The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1988-January 15, 1989).
    Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).
  • {{cite web|title=A Philosopher|url=false|author=Pierre Puget|year=1662|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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