This work was discovered at a site that also yielded the "Dancers' Frieze" and a pediment showing two griffins eating a deer; the sculpture was originally located slightly southwest of that site's central building, the Hieron. This subject of this work, which is sometimes at
This work was discovered at a site that also yielded the "Dancers' Frieze" and a pediment showing two griffins eating a deer; the sculpture was originally located slightly southwest of that site's central building, the Hieron. This subject of this work, which is sometimes attributed to Pergamon, wears drapery that streams backward in imitation of being blown by the (*) wind at the prow of a ship, and an inscription on this sculpture's base implies that it was made to commemorate a naval battle won by Rhodes. One of this sculpture's hands is displayed next to this sculpture, which is situated at the top of the Daru staircase of the Louvre. For 10 points, name this headless and armless statue that was discovered on an Aegean island by Charles Champoiseau, a depiction of the Greek goddess of victory.
This work was discovered at a site that also yielded the "Dancers' Frieze" and a pediment showing two griffins eating a deer; the sculpture was originally located slightly southwest of that site's central building, the Hieron.
Winged Victory of {Samothrace} [or {Nike} of {Samothrace}]