French school; 19th century.

French school; XIX century.
"Milon of Crotona".
Bronze.
Signed.
measurements: 75 x 46 x 35 cm.
This work follows the models of the marble sculpture in the Louvre Museum, made by the artist Edme Dumont (Paris, 1720- 1775, in 1768). Piece with which the artist was admitted to the Royal Academy of painting and sculpture in Paris. Milo (late 6th century BC) was a famous Greek athlete from the Greek colony of Crotona, in Magna Graecia, six times Olympic winner. Milo's death became a popular subject in the art of late Italian Renaissance sculpture, which lasted until around 1900, allowing the sculptor to display his skill in a dramatic anatomical pose.
Neoclassical sculpture was inspired by the Greco-Latin tradition through different points of view, adopting its principles of order, clarity, austerity, balance and purpose, often with a moralizing background. Based on rationalism, it emphasizes personal development and social progress through strong ethics, elements that blend with the growing scientific interest in classical antiquity as a result of archaeological excavations and the publication of scholarly studies on ancient art and culture.