Winged Victory of Samothrace

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Hellenistic sculpture ancient Greek sculpture archaeological artifact cultural heritage object marble sculpture statue

The Winged Victory of Samothrace is an ancient Greek Hellenistic marble sculpture of the goddess Nike, celebrated for its dynamic depiction of movement and dramatic drapery.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Winged Victory of Samothrace canonical	9
Nike of Samothrace	6
Nike of Samothrace statue base	1
Nikē of Samothrace	1
The Winged Victory of Samothrace	1
Victoire de Samothrace	1
Winged Victory	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic sculpture ⓘ ancient Greek sculpture ⓘ archaeological artifact ⓘ cultural heritage object ⓘ marble sculpture ⓘ statue ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ surface form: Nike of Samothrace Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ surface form: Nikē of Samothrace Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ surface form: Victoire de Samothrace
artHistoricalSignificance	icon of Western art ⓘ masterpiece of Hellenistic sculpture ⓘ
artMovement	Hellenistic art ⓘ
collection	Louvre Museum ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greece ⓘ
culture	ancient Greek ⓘ
currentCondition	arms missing ⓘ body largely preserved ⓘ head missing ⓘ wings preserved ⓘ
depicts	Greek goddess of victory ⓘ Nike ⓘ
discoveredBy	Charles Champoiseau ⓘ
discoveredIn	Samothrace ⓘ
discoveryDate	1863 ⓘ
function	commemoration of naval victory ⓘ votive offering ⓘ
genre	commemorative sculpture ⓘ religious sculpture ⓘ victory monument ⓘ
hasPart	left wing ⓘ right wing ⓘ ship’s prow base ⓘ torso ⓘ
height	approximately 2.75 metres ⓘ approximately 8 feet 11 inches ⓘ
iconography	goddess alighting on a ship’s prow ⓘ winged female figure ⓘ
inception	circa 190 BCE ⓘ late 3rd to early 2nd century BCE ⓘ
influenced	19th-century and 20th-century sculpture ⓘ
locatedIn	Louvre Palace ⓘ surface form: Daru staircase of the Louvre Louvre Palace ⓘ surface form: Denon Wing of the Louvre Paris ⓘ
location	Louvre Museum ⓘ
materialUsed	Parian marble ⓘ marble ⓘ
mountedOn	stone ship’s prow base ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic drapery ⓘ dynamic depiction of movement ⓘ sense of wind and motion ⓘ
originalLocation	Aegean Sea ⓘ Samothrace ⓘ Sanctuary of the Great Gods ⓘ
owner	French Republic ⓘ surface form: French state
partOf	Louvre Museum ⓘ surface form: Greek sculpture collection of the Louvre
period	Hellenistic period ⓘ
style	Hellenistic baroque ⓘ
subjectHeading	Winged Victory of Samothrace self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nike of Samothrace

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louvre Museum → notableWork → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

Moss Hart → notableWork → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

this entity surface form: Winged Victory

Winged Victory of Samothrace → subjectHeading → Winged Victory of Samothrace self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nike of Samothrace

Winged Victory of Samothrace → alsoKnownAs → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nike of Samothrace

Winged Victory of Samothrace → alsoKnownAs → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

this entity surface form: Victoire de Samothrace

Winged Victory of Samothrace → alsoKnownAs → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nikē of Samothrace

Denon Wing → housesArtwork → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Winged Victory of Samothrace

Nike (Greek goddess of victory) → famousStatue → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

subject surface form: Nike

Samothrace → associatedWithArtifact → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nike of Samothrace

Nike → famousRepresentation → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

Hellenistic art → notableWork → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

Parian marble → notableWorkMaterialFor → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nike of Samothrace

Sanctuary of the Great Gods → associatedWithArtwork → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

Sanctuary of the Great Gods → originalLocationOf → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

Charles Champoiseau → discovered → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nike of Samothrace

Νίκη → notableArtwork → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

Ancient Greek sculpture → hasNotableWork → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

Samothracian → associatedWithArt → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nike of Samothrace

Samothracian → notableArchaeology → Winged Victory of Samothrace ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nike of Samothrace statue base