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Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
Adonis
Image View:
Detail view, from below left
Creator:
restorations attributed to François Du Quesnoy (Flemish sculptor, ca. 1594-1643)
Location:
repository: Musée du Louvre (Paris, Île-de-France, France) MR 239
GPS:
48.861045 2.335787
Date:
restored ca. 1630 (restoration)
Cultural Context:
Ancient Roman; Italian
Style Period:
Greco-Roman; Seventeenth century
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
1.85 m (height)
Subjects:
human figure; mythology (Classical); Restoration and conservation
Description:
Antique torso, possibly restored and completed by François Du Quesnoy (1594?1643). Former Cardinal Mazarin collection, then Marquis de La Meilleraye, Duc de Mazarin, collection; the latter mutilated the work in a fit of madness in 1670. It is located in the Salle du Manège in the Louvre. (Source: Louvre Museum [website]; http://www.louvre.fr /)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Six
Identifier:
7A1-G-LM-A-A2
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Adonis