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Du Quesnoy, François
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Date
2013-08-30Description
Overall view, front; 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/ (accessed 4/15/2011)
Type of Work
sculpture (visual work)Subject
human figure, mythology (Classical), Restoration and conservation, Greco-Roman, Seventeenth century
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