About this piece
back to topAn early 20th century classical antique painted plaster statue of the Venus De Milo, after the antique. Also known as Aphrodite of Melos, this sculpture is a scale plaster depiction of the 2-metre ancient Greek marble original situated in the Louvre Museum, Paris.
She is a little under half life-size, making her a perfect scale for interior display on a pedestal or column. The Greek Goddess is modelled as she is in the original, standing half nude, covered in swathes of drapery from the waist down and her head detailed with ribbons of hair, elegantly swept into a bun and applied with brown paint.
Venus De Milo Sculpture
Discovered in 1820, the original Venus De Milo is thought to date as far back as 100 BC. It is attributed to Greek Hellenistic sculptor, Alexandros of Antioch. On its discovery in Milos, Greece, in the early 19th century, it was presented to Louis XVIII, King of France (1814-1824) who subsequently presented it to the Louvre Museum in 1821. To this day, the Venus de Milo is one of the Louvre’s most famous artworks.
