File:Venus de Milo edited.jpg

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Summary

Artist

Unknown

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 droite, cassure et mortaise. Marbre de Paros, vers 130-100 av. J.-C. ? Provenance : Mélos (moderne Milo), 1820.

Dimensions

H. 2.02 m (6 ft. 7 ½ in.)

Current location

( Inventory) Louvre Museum

	Native name	Musée du Louvre
	Location	Paris
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 37.42″ N, 2° 20′ 15.36″ E
	Established	1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority control	WorldCat

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

Accession number

Ma 399 (LL 299)

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

Chosovi

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