Virtual Tour of The Louvre Museum Ancient Greeks [ Venus de Milo, Victoire de Samothrace ] Paris

⁣Ancient Greeks [ Venus de Milo , Victoire de Samothrace ] Paris Together with the Mona Lisa and The Winged Victory of Samothrace, the Venus de Milo is one of the three most famous female figures in the Louvre. Her name comes from the Greek island of Melos (now called Milos), where she was found in 1820 and acquired almost immediately by the Marquis de Rivière, the French ambassador to Greece at that time. He then presented her to King Louis XVIII, who donated her to the Louvre in March 1821. In barely two years, the Venus had moved from the shadows to the light.



Virtual Tour of The Louvre Museum Ancient Greeks [ Venus de Milo, Victoire de
Samothrace ] Paris
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