However, that apple, along with the plinth, is now lost.
Renoir referred to it as a "big gendarme", despite a popularity campaign spearheaded by the French government. Discovered by a peasant named Yorgos and sold for 1,000 francs to the Marquis de Rivi?e, the island on which it is found has the name of the Greek word for "apple," which lends credence to the theory that this figure was holding the golden apple awarded to her by Paris. However, that apple, along with the plinth, is now lost. FTP, name this sculpture, originally thought to be by Praxiteles but now attributed to Alexandros of Antioch, which is most famous for her conspicuous lack of arms.
Renoir referred to it as a "big gendarme", despite a popularity campaign spearheaded by the French government.
Venus de Milo