Milo of Crotona Devoured by a Lion

Original: 1682; Cast: early 18th century H: 25 5/16 in. (64.3 cm) Citation Source image

Puget's marble version (9-feet-high, now in the Louvre, Paris), completed in 1682, was made for Louis XIV's gardens at Versailles. In 1688 a contract was signed for a smaller bronze reproduction. The Greek athlete Milo was famous for his strength, but once when he tried to tea...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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