The Venus de Gonon, 1938
The Venus de Gonon statue, which was unearthed by a farmer in the Loire district of France in 1938. At first it was believed to be an ancient Greek sculpture. Then Franco Cremonese, a local sculptor, claimed to have created it as a deliberate hoax
Picture No
10222005
Media ID
46004188
Size
4797px x 5717px
(2.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Sphere. 17 December 1938, page 482
Date
1938
