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PINTO | Bust of Milo of Croton | After Pierre Puget (1620-1694)

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After Pierre Puget (1620-1694)

Bust of Milo of Croton
Late 17th century
Terracotta

H. 38.1 cm W. 45.1 cm

Provenance:
> Collection of M. Adams-Acton (1886-1971), circa 1925
> Private collection, London
> Christie's New York, 13 April 2016, lot 113
> Private collection, Paris

Literature:
> H. Furst, "Seventeenth century art at Burlington House", Apollo, XXVII, 1938, p. 119.
> K. Herding, Pierre Puget: das bildnerische Werke, Berlin, 1970, fig. 195 and p. 201.
> F. Souchal, French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries: The Reign of Louis XIV, 1977, Vol. 3, no. 200, pp. 196-197.
> K. Herding, Pierre Puget: architecte, sculpteur, peintre et dessinateur sous Louis XIV, avec un catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2017, no. SC 23, partial copies no. 11

After Pierre Puget (1620-1694)

Bust of Milo of Croton
Late 17th century
Terracotta

H. 38.1 cm W. 45.1 cm

Provenance:
> Collection of M. Adams-Acton (1886-1971), circa 1925
> Private collection, London
> Christie's New York, 13 April 2016, lot 113
> Private collection, Paris

Literature:
> H. Furst, "Seventeenth century art at Burlington House", Apollo, XXVII, 1938, p. 119.
> K. Herding, Pierre Puget: das bildnerische Werke, Berlin, 1970, fig. 195 and p. 201.
> F. Souchal, French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries: The Reign of Louis XIV, 1977, Vol. 3, no. 200, pp. 196-197.
> K. Herding, Pierre Puget: architecte, sculpteur, peintre et dessinateur sous Louis XIV, avec un catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2017, no. SC 23, partial copies no. 11

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