Christophe Veyrier (25 June 1637 – 10 June 1689) was a
French
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sculptor, the nephew and follower of
Pierre Puget.
Veyrier was born in
Trets,
Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He arrived in
Genoa in 1663 and stayed for a number of years, before moving to Rome to live from 1668-70. In 1674 he married the daughter of the sister of Puget's wife.
He worked in
Aix-en-Provence
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, then settled in
Toulon, where he lived until his death in 1689. In one of his most important commissions, he created religious statues for the Chapel of Corpus Domini in
Toulon Cathedral
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. He also worked at
Montpellier
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. Statues of ancient and mythological subjects are attributed to him, including the white marble relief of the family of
Darius
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displayed at
Stowe House
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in England. The most recent studies attribute to him the statue of the ''Immaculate Conception'' in
Tivoli Cathedral (according to older literature the statue was formerly attributed to Puget himself).
His sculptures are held by the
Musée d'Art, Toulon; the
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence; the
Musée du Louvre, Paris; the
Victoria and Albert Museum, London; and the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
External links
Brief Biography*
17th-century French sculptors
French male sculptors
Artists from Toulon
1637 births
1689 deaths
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