File:Venus de Milo edited.jpg
Summary
| Venus de Milo
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| Artist |
Unknown artistCategory:Template Unknown (artist) |
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| Title |
French: Vénus de Milo Venus de Milo |
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| 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. |
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| Depicted people | Aphrodite | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date |
between 150 and 125 BC Hellenistic period (circa 323 BC–circa 30 BC / 100 BC) |
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| Medium | white Parian marbleCategory:Pages with complex technique templates | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | H. 2.02 m (6 ft. 7 ½ in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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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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| Object location |
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| Place of creation | Milos | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of discovery | Milos | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | Chosovi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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