Why it matters
The athlete Milo of Croton, his hand trapped in a split tree stump, is attacked by a lion. Puget carved it from unused marble blocks at the Toulon arsenal, with rare freedom to choose his subject.
Did you know?
- It was carved between 1671 and 1682.
- It was made for Versailles on Colbert's approval.
- It is in the Louvre.
Based on the French Wikipedia article Milon de Crotone (Puget) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
