Winged Victory of Samothrace

Name: Winged Victory of Samothrace

Date: c. 190 BC

Material: Gray Lartos marble (boat); Parian marble (statue)

Dimension: H. 328 cm

Provenance: Samothraki Island, North Aegean Sea

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“The winged goddess of Victory standing on the prow of a ship overlooked the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the Island of Samothrace. This monument was probably an ex-voto offered by the people of Rhodes in commemoration of a naval victory in the early second century BC. The theatrical stance, vigorous movement, and billowing drapery of this Hellenistic sculpture are combined with references of the Classical period-prefiguring the baroque aestheticism of the Pergamene sculptors.”

Source: Louvre Museum

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