Adonis : Overall view, front
- Creator:
- Du Quesnoy, François, ca. 1594-1643
- Published/Created:
- restored ca. 1630
- Physical Description:
- 1.85 m (height)
- Date Depicted:
- 2009
- Materials:
- marble
- Notes:
- 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.
- Topics:
- Sculpture -- Roman -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Greco-Roman
Seventeenth century - Culture:
- Italian
Roman - Accession Number:
- 7A1-G-LM-A-A1
- Genre:
- sculpture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- human figure; mythology (Classical); Restoration and conservation visual works; sculpture (visual work)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Six
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
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2009 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- Paris, France: Musée du Louvre
- Local Record Number:
- 4125
- OID:
- 10079412
- PID:
- digcoll:1815926