メロス島で1820年に見つかり、現在のルーブル美術館に所蔵された。 http://www.ffortune.net/social/seso/seiyo-mod/melos-aphrodite.htm Venus de Milo In 1820 the sculpture was found on the Aegean island of Melos by a peasant named Yorgos. He hid it from the authorities but was later discovered by Turkish officials, who seized the sculpture. A French naval officer, Jules Dumont d'Urville recognized its significance and arranged for a purchase by the French ambassador to Turkey The Marquis de Riviere. After some reparing, the statue was presented to King Louis XVIII, who eventually presented it to the Louvre museum in Paris, where it is now.-wikipedia.en |