Pin's Winged Victory of Samothrace - Louvre Collection

This gold metal and coloured resin pin is inspired by the sculpture Winged Victory of Samothrace.

The Winged Victory, Samothrace Island (Northern Aegean island), sanctuary of the Great Gods, ca. 190 BC
Paros marble. H.280 cm I Paris, musée du Louvre, Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities
© Photo musée du Louvre

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 to the Classical period-prefiguring the baroque aestheticism of the Pergamene sculptors.
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