Milo and the Lion
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A black and white print of Pierre Puget's Milo of Croton (1682) — the French Baroque sculptor's signature marble, and one of the most dramatic sculptures in the Louvre. The aged wrestler Milo, having thrust his hand into a split tree trunk to pry it apart, is caught when the wood snaps shut on him; a lion pads up from behind, teeth already at his thigh.
The story comes from Greek legend: Milo of Croton was the most celebrated wrestler of the 6th century BC, an Olympic champion six times over, a figure of near-mythical strength. In old age, walking through a forest, he tried to prove his strength still held by splitting a tree that a woodcutter had already started to cleave. The tree closed on his hand, trapping him; a wolf or lion, depending on the source, found him and tore him apart. Puget read the story as an allegory on the limits of human strength — hubris, ageing, the slow revenge of nature.
The sculpture was one of the few Puget works to enter Louis XIV's collection at Versailles; it is now displayed in the Louvre's Cour Puget. In black and white, the torsion through Milo's body and the claws of the lion rising into his flank read as a single diagonal line of force.
- Museum-grade Giclée print
Museum-grade Giclée printing: The gold standard for gallery art prints.
- Weight: 200 g/m2
- Material: 100% FSC® certified paper
- Finish: Matte, natural white
- Inks: Premium archival, water-based
Size always refers to paper size (including any white border shown; excluding frame width).
Free framing service: Expertly assembled in a dust-free environment, arriving ready-to-hang.
- 2cm wide, 2.2cm deep
- Material: Lightweight FSC® certified ash wood
- Finish: Smooth satin laminate, or uncoated wood grain (Natural)
- Glaze: Shatterproof Perspex
Size always refers to paper size (including any white border shown; excluding frame width).
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