Picture No | 10141208 |
Date | 1819 |
Description | VENUS DE MILO DISCOVERED |
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Greek peasant Yorgos Kentrotas discovers the Venus de Milo on the island of Melos, in the Aegean. Ten days later its significance is recognised by a French naval officer Jules Dumont D'urville and it eventually ends up in The Louvre in Paris.
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Source | Unnamed artist in Allers Familj-Journal (Swedish magazine) 25 January 1927 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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