Olivier Voutier [SEP] conflict
Olivier Voutier
Olivier Voutier (born May 30, 1796 in Thouars, France - died April 18, 1877 at Hyères, France) was a French naval officer who discovered the statue of the Venus de Milo in 1820, and fought in the Greek War of Independence.
Discovery of the Venus de Milo.
Voutier was the son of a naval officer, and at the age of fifteen entered the Naval School in Brest. In April, 1820, at the age of twenty-three he was an ensign on
Bibliography.
- Curtis, Gregory, Disarmed - "The Story of the Venus de Milo". Vintage, 2004.
- Colonel Voutier, "Découverte et acquisition de la Vénus de Milo", Hyères, 1874, in-8° br.
- Jean-Paul Alaux, "La Vénus de Milo et Olivier Voutier", Collection du galion d’or chez Jean-Paul Alaux, Paris, 1939.
- Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville, Marie-Louis-Augustin Demartin du Tyrac et Olivier Voutier, "