File:Venus de Milo Louvre Ma399 n8.jpg

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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.
Dimensions H. 2.02 m (6 ft. 7 ½ in.)
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
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 Jastrow (2007)

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