Sculpture

What Happened to the Statue of Zeus at Olympia?

Pausanias saw the Zeus at Olympia. A later account places it in Constantinople before a 475 palace fire; another theory links its loss to Olympia’s 426 fire.

Venus de Milo: The Signed Base the Louvre Never Displayed

A fragment found with the Venus de Milo named its sculptor and dated it later than the Louvre's director claimed. The fragment went missing soon after.