• The Venus de Milo was discovered in 1820 on the island of Melos ( Milos in modern Greek ) in the south-western Cyclades.
  • Marble Venus de Milo at the Louvre Museum, Paris, France, by Alexandros of Antioch (between 130 and 100 BC) – Photo: Matthew Girling.
  • Characteristics and Analysis of the Venus de Milo. The statue is made from Parian marble and stands some 6 feet 8 inches tall, without its plinth.
  • Hellenistic Art Period An example of a sculpture of Amphitrite (1866) by François Théodore Devaulx, the goddess Venus de Milo was speculated to be based on.
  • The Venus de Milo is a masterpiece and is one of the most precise and compositionally beautiful statues of the Hellenistic period.
  • An attribute of Venus, it also alludes to the island, itself, which was in the shape of an apple (melon), hence its name and that of the statue, itself (de Milo).
  • Experts have come up with different theories about why Venus de Milo's arms are missing. They suggest what these arms could have carried.
  • The Venus de Milo is one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. Initially it was attributed to the sculptor Praxiteles, but based on an inscription that...
  • Today, the Venus de Milo is one of the world’s best-known sculptures, so it is hard to believe that, for centuries, no one knew it even existed.