ID: 700008424 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008424	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Venus de Milo (statue; Alexandros of Antioch (Greek sculptor, active ca. 100 BCE); ca. 100 BCE; Louvre Museum (Paris, Île-de-France, France); LL 299;)

Note: Famous statute probably the work of Alexandros of Antioch on the Maeander. The artist’s name was incised on a block of stone that was found together with the Venus, but was later lost. Scholarly debate cast doubt on the connection between the block and the statue, attributing the work to Praxiteles, and the loss of the inscribed block may have been engineered to support this theory. The statue was found in 1820 in two pieces along with other fragments, on the island of Melos. It was then purchased by the Marquis de Rivière, who donated it to Louis XVIII, King of France. Before it was donated to the Musée du Louvre in 1821, it was hastily repaired for quick display, prompting another restoration in 1875. It has never been fully restored, perhaps because of the disparity of opinions regarding its original state. Much debate has ensued over the statues missing arms. While some scholars thought it was a victorious Venus holding the apple of Paris in her hand, others favoured the hypothesis that the statue was a sort of guardian divinity of the island, who would also be holding a fruit, perhaps an apple, as her attribute.

Titles:

Venus de Milo (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Aphrodite of Melos (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

statue [300047600] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>)

Classifications:

Ancient Greek art (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 100 BCE

Creator Display:

Alexandros of Antioch (Greek sculptor, active ca. 100 BCE) [preferred,VP]

sculptor unknown Hellenic (Hellenic cultural designation) [500203399]

Locations:

Discovery: Mílos, Nísos [7010922] Kikládhes regional division (regional division), Aiyaíon region (region (administrative division)), Greece (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Louvre Museum (Paris, Île-de-France, France) [500125189] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: LL 299

Credit Line: Gift of the marquis de Rivière to Louis XVIII, 1821

Display Materials: marble

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: 2.02 metres

Cultures:

Greek (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Hellenistic [300020101] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean periods, Ancient Greek (culture or style))

General Subject:

human figures (preferred,isness)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	Venus [901001064]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Aphrodite [901000612]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Venus de Milo	........ [VP]
	........ Musée du Louvre [online] (2000-) 'Venus de Milo," accessed 14 May 2014
Aphrodite of Melos	........ [VP]
	........ Kousser, Creating the Past, American Journal of Archaeology (April 2005). 228

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Musée du Louvre [online] (2000-) "Venus de Milo," accessed 15 May 2014

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-) "Venus de Milo," accessed 15 May 2014