File:Venus de Milo Louvre Ma399 n8.jpg
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Summary
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Unknown artist |
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| Description |
English: So-called “Venus de Milo” (Aphrodite from Melos), detail of the upper block: join surface of the right upper arm, with mortise; attachment holes, which probably bore a metal armlet; strut hole above the navel, now covered with plaster. Parian marble, ca. 130-100 BC? Found in Melos in 1820.
Français : Vénus de Milo, détail du bloc supérieur : section du bras droit avec mortaise ; trous de fixation, probablement pour un bracelet métallique ; au niveau de la taille, cavité rebouchée d'un étai. Marbre de Paros, vers 130-100 av. J.-C. ? Provenance : Mélos (moderne Milo), 1820. |
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| Dimensions | H. 2.02 m (6 ft. 7 ½ in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
Temporary location: Department of Paintings, Sully, first floor, room 74 |
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| Accession number |
Ma 399 (LL 299) |
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| Credit line | Gift of the Marquis de Rivière to Louis XVIII of France, 1821 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | Hamiaux, M., Les Sculptures grecques, II, Paris, 1998, no. 52, pp. 41-44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Jastrow (2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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