Q 01/05

Which goddess is the Venus de Milo believed to depict?

A) Hera of Argos

B) Athena Nike

C) Aphrodite

D) Artemis

Answer · why

C) Aphrodite

Venus is her Roman counterpart; alternative suggestions include a sea goddess, a Muse, Nemesis or Sappho.

Q 02/05

On which Greek island was the statue discovered in 1820?

A) Delos

B) Milos

C) Samothrace

D) Naxos

Answer · why

B) Milos

The island was then part of the Ottoman Empire.

Q 03/05

In which year did the Venus de Milo go on display at the Louvre?

A) 1821

B) 1801

C) 1848

D) 1870

Answer · why

A) 1821

It arrived just as the museum was returning works Napoleon had seized across Europe.

Q 04/05

When does the modern consensus place the statue's carving?

A) Between 350 and 300 BC

B) Between AD 50 and 100

C) Between 480 and 430 BC

D) Between 160 and 110 BC

Answer · why

D) Between 160 and 110 BC

It is a Hellenistic work, perhaps made between 160 and 110 BC.

Q 05/05

What kind of marble is the Venus de Milo carved from?

A) Carrara

B) Thasian

C) Pentelic

D) Parian

Answer · why

D) Parian

The same pure-white marble from Paros was used for other Louvre masterpieces.