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# Bronze finger in the Louvre found to belong to the colossal statue of Constantine I in Rome
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-1858-godu-luvr-priobrel-chast-kollektsii-obankrotivshegosia-markiza-dzhampetro-kampana/
- Published: 2018-05-31T08:05:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:52:25.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archaeology, Museums, Heritage, Paris, Rome

In 1858 the Louvre acquired part of the collection of the bankrupt Marquis Giampietro Campana. His property was divided between the English, the Russians and the French, and enriched the national museums. Among other things, France came into possession of an enormous bronze finger, 38 centimetres long. As early as the beginning of the twentieth century, museum staff supposed that this toe was meant to have belonged to a giant twelve metres tall. Beyond that, nothing more was known of the ancient bronze. Until this year, when the exhibit began to be prepared for its journey to the Hermitage: a member of the Louvre's laboratory suddenly discovered that the finger belongs to the colossal statue of the Emperor Constantine I in the Capitoline Museums in Rome, the homeland of the Campana collection. Moreover, even the size matched: the Roman giant is thought to have stood twelve metres tall. By the nineteenth century all that remained of the bronze emperor was a head, a sphere and a hand, so it is hardly surprising that a finger had "dropped off" that set. True, it has now turned out that this is not a toe at all, but a finger of the hand. Well, such things happen. One can only trust that Constantine will still be reunited with his little one, even if it is a 3D copy