Puget's marble version (9-feet-high, now in the Louvre, Paris), completed in 1682, was made for Louis XIV's gardens at Versailles. In 1688 a contract was signed for a smaller bronze reproduction.
<p>The Greek athlete Milo was famous for his strength, but once when he tried to tear a tree apart, his hand got stuck, and he was devoured by wild animals.
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If this composition had been designed to be cast in bronze, Puget would surely not have introduced the drapery which served as a structural support in the marble. This bronze was cast in parts (note the seams on Milo's thighs) and meticulously tooled with a punch in the mane and in Milo's beard.
<bdi>After <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Pierre_Puget" class="extiw" title="w:en:Pierre Puget"><span title="French painter, sculptor, architect and engineer (1620–1694)">Pierre Puget</span></a>
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Original: 1682; Cast: early 18th century
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