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/)
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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/)
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