Wednesday, 2 February 2022

MILO and the Greek Antiquities in the Louvre Museum - Sully Wing Room 344

 

Venus de Milo. Louvre Museum, Paris, France

One of the three (3) popular art works at the Louvre Museum is at the Sully Wing, Room 345.  The original Greek marble sculpture named Venus de Milo arrived at the Louvre in 1821.  It was discovered on the island of Melos in the Cyclades (Greece) in 1820.  This statue is said to be dated from about 120 BC by Alexandros of Antioch (not stated in the Louvre for some reason) and depicts the goddess of