What a day downhill to the Louvre and accumulated slowly starting to dig. Estesstvenno it's all there in catalogs and on the website of the Louvre ( http://www.louvre.fr ). But you just want to share impressions.
So,
Pygmalion and Galatea
from Greek mythology, we know that the sculptor Pygmalion (part-time king of Cyprus) fell in love with established he statue of Venus (also known as Aphrodite). And beg for Divine Venus her recovery.
This masterpiece was commissioned in 1813, Anne-Louis Girodet-Triozonu Count Sommariva.
Height 2.53 m, length of 2.02 meters.
Located in the block Denon, 1 st floor, room 75 (Daru), neo-classicism
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