Artist

(b. 1637, Trets, d. 1689, Toulon)

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Christophe Veyrier was the nephew and the follower of Pierre Puget. In 1663 he is in Genoa where he stays for several years. He prolongs his stay in Italy by working in Rome in 1668-70. In 1674 he married the daughter of the sister of Puget's wife. Later he worked in Aix-en-Provence then settled in Toulon. He executed several religious statues for Toulon, Monpellier and Aix. Statues of mythological subject are also attributed to him. //

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Category	Artists
Artists by letter	V
Artist nationality	French