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12-MAY-2009

Venus de Milo - 2nd c. BC .jpg

In spite of the fact that I lament the fact that many people only come to the Louvre to see the Venus de Milo, Mona Lisa and the Nike of Samothrace,
I love this picture of the man taking the picture of the Venus with the light pouring over her from the window behind his back.
She was discovered on the Greek island of Melos in 1820, and presented as a gift to Louis XVIII, who donated it to the Louvre.
This Venus is from the Greek Hellenistic period of the 2nd c. BC.

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Dan Landron26-May-2009 20:30
I "ditto" Isabel's comment on taming the challenging light. Nice work!
Isabel Cutler25-May-2009 01:12
Nice treatment of the difficult lighting.
Isabel