Louvre acquires Pierre Puget St John the Baptist
February 17 2025
Picture: Louvre via Nicolas Milovanovic
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Louvre's curator Nicolas Milovanovic has shared news that the museum has acquired Pierre Puget's The Head of St John the Baptist. Although Puget is more widely known as a sculptor, this rare example of him working in oils had recently been with the dealers H. W. Fichter Kunsthandel of Frankfurt (according to a Google search).
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