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Summary

anonymous: Venus de Milo

Artist

Unknown artist

Title

French:

Vénus de Milo

Venus de Milo

Object type

sculpture

Genre

nude

Description

English: So-called “Venus de Milo” (Aphrodite from Melos), detail of the bust showing the difference of surface between the two arm sections: right one smooth; left one rough with a mortice. Parian marble, ca. 130-100 BC? Found in Melos in 1820.

Français : Vénus de Milo, détail du buste mettant en évidence la différence de surface des deux sections de bras : à droite, surface régulière ; à gauche, cassure et mortaise. Marbre de Paros, vers 130-100 av. J.-C. ? Provenance : Mélos (moderne Milo), 1820.

Depicted people

Aphrodite

Date

between 150 and 125 BC

Hellenistic period (circa 323 BC–circa 30 BC)

Medium

white Parian marble

Dimensions

H. 2.02 m (6 ft. 7 ½ in.)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	1st arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Temporary location: Department of Paintings, Sully, first floor, room 74

Accession number

Ma 399 (LL 299)

Object location

48° 52′ N, 2° 20′ E

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Place of creation

Milos

Place of discovery

Milos

Object history

8 April 1820: discovered (Milos)

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

Authority file

Source/Photographer

Chosovi

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