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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.13
People
Unidentified Artist
Pierre Puget, French (Marseille, France 1620 - 1694 Marseille, France)
Title
Milo of Crotona Devoured by a Lion
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Hercules and the Lion
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228122

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
35.8 x 26.5 x 14 cm (14 1/8 x 10 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
with base: 41.5 x 15.8 cm (16 5/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.r. of base, cast in: P. PUGET / 1622

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Leopold Blumka, New York, NY, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1966. Blumka owned the Blumka Gallery.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Leopold Blumka
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
1966.13
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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