François Puget

François Puget (17 December 1651, Toulon - 6 October 1707, Marseille) was a French painter in the Baroque style; known primarily for his portraits.

The author, Joseph Bougerel (1680-1753), believed that he was briefly a student of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, but this has been recently questioned by Marie-Christine Gloton of the Académie Française.

In 1679, it appears that he followed his father to Marseille, as in 1680 he is known to have created a painting for the convent of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, depicting that event.

He became a widower in 1691, but soon remarried; to Geneviève Mazerat, the daughter of a former Échevin [fr] (a type of Magistrate) and a relative of his father's second wife.

It was long believed to be a portrayal of Jean-Baptiste Lully and Philippe Quinault, but the musicians pictured were actually friends of the Puget family.