Detail of the back of the right knee showing the remains of seam lines from the piece molds when forming the wax inter-model (white overlay). Attributed to Hubert Le Sueur (French, ca. 1580–1658), Medici Venus, H. 150 cm (Musée du Louvre, inv. MR 3278). See Castelle, Manon. 2016. “Les techniques de la fabrication de la grande statuaire en bronze entre 1540 et 1660 en France.” PhD diss., Université Paris-Saclay / Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines..