High Quality Hand Carved Milo Of Croton Statue

Milo of Croton marble sculpture, height 269 cm, author Pierre Paul Puget, (1622-1694), created in 1671–1682, now in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. The sculpture shows a scene where the ancient Greek Hercules Milo is fighting with a lion.

A man is being bitten by a lion. The lion was lying behind him, his sharp claws had penetrated deeply into his body, his teeth biting his buttocks, and the same shocking skin cracking and bulging veins. The man’s hand was stuck on the tree trunk, unable to break free, and could only be bitten by the lion. His whole body muscles were stiff, obviously in great pain, but he refused to call for help.

There is another way of saying that this is a person who wants to fight against time and against his own destiny. “This man used to be an athlete and is now old, but he wants to test his strength. He wants to split the trunk with his bare hands. But he has no strength to do it.”

His hands were caught in the tree trunk, unable to move, and unfortunately, he was torn and swallowed by the wolves. In this sculpture, the artist replaced the wolves with a noble animal, a lion, to create a very dramatic effect.

He is muscular and strong, full of masculine masculinity; while the lion is vigorous, fierce, and cruel. The whole work highlights a strong tragic color and a tense dramatic atmosphere through the strong twisting movement of Milo’s body. This scene is reminiscent of the tragedy of the hero on stage. The character’s fate is unfortunate, but his will is persevering. This also reflects the author’s uneasy mood at the time, so it has a strong touching power.

This work not only has the artistic characteristics of French Baroque, full of passion and dynamics, but also has the rational principle of classicism, the proportion of the human body is accurate, and the sculpture technique is delicate and skillful. It is a representative work of Pire.