Mellon Fund Accession Number 1985.51.1 Artists / Makers Pierre Puget (artist) French, 1620 - 1694 Image Use This image is in the public domain. You can view other depictions of Milo of Croton in the Web Gallery of Art. Milo of Croton, marble original 1670-1682, bronze reduction late 17th/early 18th century Not on View Medium bronze Dimensions overall: 61.6 x 47 x 38.1 cm (24 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 15 in.) Credit Line Andrew W. ![]() The legend says that he returned the next day and carried out the same feat. The story goes that when Milo was a boy he gained immense strength by lifting a newborn calf and carrying it on his shoulders. After a moment of doubt it was approved by the King and given a prominent position in the gardens at Versailles. Milo was a 6th Century BC wrestler who won many athletic festivals in ancient Greece. The Milo was taken to Versailles by Puget's son, François, and arrived there in 1683. The head and the mask are based on the Laocoon and have the degree of restraint apparent even in that most Baroque of ancient groups. But the movement is so carefully controlled that, seen from the front as it is meant to be seen, the whole statue forms a simple silhouette composed of two sets of parallel axes: the legs and left arm forming one set, and the torso, drapery, and tree trunk forming the other. The statue is Baroque in its violence of movement, in the sharp twist of the arm and head, in the naturalism of the tree trunk, which indicates that the artist must have known Bernini's Apollo and Daphne. In the Milo Puget invented a truly French Baroque. 6th-century BC wrestler from the Magna Graecian city of Croton. According to history, Milo took a new born calf and carried it around Croton day after day, week after week, and month after month. Milo of Croton Details: individual athlete/sportsman Greek Male Life dates: late 6thc BC- Biography: Famous wrestler of Croton in Southern Italy. whose pride in his own strength caused him to attempt to wrench an oak tree apart with his. It has the qualities of emotional intensity which were already apparent in the door of the Hôtel de Ville at Toulon and the St Sebastian, but in addition it has a concentration and a geometrical regularity which are almost classical. There is a single person, Milo of Croton, a 6th-century BC wrestler and athlete from the Magna Graecian city of Croton who won six Olympic laurels by using unorthodox methods to gain strength. Milo of Croton was a legendary athlete of the 6th century B.C. ![]() The Milo is perhaps Puget's most remarkable work. From them he carved the Milo of Crotona and the relief of Alexander and Diogenes. In 1670 Puget found in the dockyards at Toulon two blocks of marble which had been abandoned there, and after some difficulty he got Colbert's permission to use them for statues.
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