Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Adonis
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Preferred Title:
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Adonis
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Image View:
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Detail view, from below left
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Creator:
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restorations attributed to François Du Quesnoy (Flemish sculptor, ca. 1594-1643)
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Location:
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repository: Musée du Louvre (Paris, Île-de-France, France) MR 239
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GPS:
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+48.861045+2.335787
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Date:
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restored ca. 1630 (restoration)
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Cultural Context:
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Ancient Roman; Italian
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Style Period:
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Greco-Roman; Seventeenth century
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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sculpture
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Material:
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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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1.85 m (height)
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Subjects:
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human figure; mythology (Classical); Restoration and conservation
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Description:
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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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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Six
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Identifier:
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7A1-G-LM-A-A2
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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