ミロのヴィーナス
The second sentence describes how Monsieur Chaivagne would speak to an inquisitive visitor. While giving the statue's history, Chaivagne tries to impress the importance of Praxiteles, the original sculptor, whose work is copied into the "Venus de Milo". No one knows what the original sculpture looked like, let alone the "Venus de Milo" in its original form.