how did the statue of Venus loose her head?

Question

The statue of Venus that I am talking about was in the news today. Her head sold for 5000 dollars. The head was owned by a private collector. The body was owned by a museum both were bought and are being sent to another museum to have them joined after they have been cleaned. I am not talking about the original statue of Venus

Whoops sorry the head was bought for 50000. This is a roman statue of Venus

Answer 1

i think u type the wrong not head its hands (arms) the missing arms is the mistry here is the small content i hope u will got the answer here :

The statue's great fame in the 19th century was not simply the result of its admitted beauty, but also owed much to a major propaganda effort by the French authorities. In 1815 France had returned the Medici Venus to the Italians after it had been looted from Italy by Napoleon Bonaparte. The Medici Venus, regarded as one of the finest Classical sculptures in existence, caused the French to consciously promote the Venus de Milo as a greater treasure than that which they had recently lost. It was duly praised by artists and critics, who regarded it as the epitome of graceful female beauty; however, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was clearly not following the script when he dismissed it as a "big gendarme".

Although the statue is widely renown for the mystery of its missing arms, enough evidence remains to prove that the right arm was lowered across the torso with the right hand resting on the raised left knee so the sliding drapery wrapped around the hips and legs could be held in place. There is a filled in hole below the right breast that originally contained a metal tenon that would have supported the separately carved right arm.

The left arm was held at just below the eye level of the statue above a herm while holding an apple. The right side of the statue is more carefully worked and finished than the left side or back, indicating that the statue was intended to be seen mainly as a profile from its right. The left hand would have held the apple up into the air further back inside the niche the statue was set in. When the left hand was still attached, to an observer it would have been clear that the goddess was looking at the apple she held up in her left hand.

The statue would have been painted in a riot of colors as the custom of the era, decked out in jewelery and positioned inside a niche inside a gymnasium (ancient Greece). The painting of the statue along with the bedecking in jewelery was intended to make it appear more lifelike. Today, all traces of the painting have disappeared and the only signs of the armbands, necklace, earrings and crown are the attachment holes.

Answer 2

which one? The Venus de Milo lost her arms.

Answer 3

ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE VICTORY STATUE AT THE LOUVER IN PARIS. I THINK THEY HAVE FOUND IT THAT WAY, IT WAS BURIED.

Answer 4

it fell off