RB015
Roman bronze Victory (-Nike).
1st - 2nd century AD.
Height: 10 cm. (4 in.)
Very fine condition. Missing wreath, feet and fingers in right hand. Fine green
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Victory, the Greek Nike, goddess of Victory, flies with open spread wings and raised arms, to hold the wreath of victory. She wears Peplos, a long garment, which blows in the flying motion, creating lively waves in the rich folds along the body. Her head with dignified expression of a goddess completes the majestic appearance.
The statuette is finely modeled in the lively flying motion, with incised details, including
the wings feathers on both sides of the wings.
Bronze statues of Nike and Victory are rare in the Greek and Roman art, and are more common in marble and painted vases.
Cf. Comstock - Vermeule, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1971, Cat. No. 74, pp. 71-72, Cat. No. 117, p. 110;
Kozloff, A. P., and Mitten, D. G., Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988, Cat. No. 66, pp. 340-343;
Stewart, A., 1990, II (plates) Nos. 408-411, (Nike of Paionios), Nos. 729-731, (Nike of
Samothrace).
Comstock - Vermeule, - Boston 1971
Comstock, M., and Vermeule, C. C., Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Greenwich, Conn. 1971
Kozloff, A. P., and Mitten, D. G., 1988
Kozloff, A. P., and Mitten, D. G., The Gods Delight. The Human Figure in Classical Bronze, Exh. cat., The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988
Stewart, A., 1990
Stewart, A., Greek Sculpture. An Exploration, Vol. I ( text ), II ( plates ), Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990
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