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PUGET, Pierre: Virgin of the Immaculate Conception

🖼 Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, 1666-70
Marble, height 245 cm
Genoa, Italy

Swirling drapery and dynamic movement frame the Virgin ascending heavenward, rendered in marble with theatrical Baroque intensity. Puget's sculptural masterpiece synthesizes French classicism with Italian drama, establishing his reputation as a major Seventeenth-century artist bridging two sculptural traditions.

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E. H. Gombrich
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