Louvre. Buste de la Vénus de Milo

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Louvre. Buste de la Vénus de Milo
Louvre. Buste de la Vénus de Milo
Publisher (Italian, founded 1852)
Date1875-1900
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 10 3/4 × 8 3/8 in. (27.3 × 21.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Garfinkel, Class of 1980; Transferred from the Art History Department
Object numberS2018.2.24
Not on view
DescriptionPhotograph of a statue of Venus found on the island of Melos, Greece in the early 19th Century; dates back to the Hellenistic Art (3rd-1st Centuries BC)
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Alternate Titles Bust of the Venus of Melos
Provenance 2018: Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, by transfer from the Art History Department;
likely by 1985 - 2018: Hamilton College (Art History department), by gift of James Garfinkel;
c. 1981-85: James Garfinkel, likely by purchase at auction in London.
Inscribed Recto, lower right corner: "2561 Louvre. Buste de la Vénus de Milo. L.L."
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Neurdein Frères
Date: 1906-1915
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.21
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 1st century
Medium: Drawn and tooled glass
Object number: 2015.6.36
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: 1st century
Medium: Drawn and tooled glass
Object number: 2015.6.44
Musée du Louvre. La Grande Ste-Famille de François 1er
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.9
Photograph by John Bentham.
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: c. 960-1127
Medium: Stoneware with white glaze
Object number: 2016.6.4
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: 19th century
Medium: Cast bronze
Object number: 2023.10.80
Musée de Louvre. - La Victoire de Samothrace
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: 1906-1915
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.25
Musée du Louvre. Portrait de François 1er
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.13
Musée du Louvre. Laura de Dianti
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.14
Photograph by John Bentham.
The Rosoni Painter
Date: c. 570-550 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1943.2
Napoli - Nuseo Nazionale. Toro Farnese
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.574
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Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.10