Giovanni ROSSI (active around 1800) Portrait of Pierre Puget Paper. Signed on the reverse in pen: "Rossi / Giovanni / f." 44 x 34 cm. This bust is based on the portrait of Puget by his pupil Christophe Veyrier, the terracotta of which is in the Granet Museum in Aix-en-Provence. We thank Alexandre Lacroix and Elodie Jeannest de Gyvès, of the Sculpture and Collection firm, for identifying the model.

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