Winged Victory
Louvre's armless goddess
Winged Victory refers to the ancient Greek sculpture formally known as the Nike of Samothrace, depicting the goddess Nike alighting on a ship's prow, her wings spread and robes blown by wind.
The marble figure, now in the Louvre, is celebrated as a masterpiece of Hellenistic art despite missing its head and arms.
By extension, any similar representation of victory personified with wings: The trophy featured a winged victory figure.
- NikeTriumph personified
- ancient GreeceClassical Mediterranean civilization
- LouvreParis art museum
- grand staircaseImposing architectural stairway centerpiece
- museum pieceObject preserved for display
sculpture · marble · goddess · triumph · prow · ship · forward motion · draped · Greek · Hellenistic · headless · monument · soaring · majestic · timeless beauty · flowing · robes · ancient
- sculpturesstatues, busts, classical sculptures, bronze sculptures, marble sculptures
- LouvreMona Lisa, Venus de Milo, glass pyramid, I. M. Pei, Code of Hammurabi
- StatuesStatue of Liberty, David, The Thinker, Venus de Milo, Christ the Redeemer
- ancient artsculpture, sculptures, pottery, mosaics, murals
- ancient sculptureVenus de Milo, Elgin Marbles, Colossus of Rhodes, marble statue, bronze statue
- French Artrealism, Post-Impressionism, cubism, surrealism, Fauvism
Winged Victorydefeat
Victory over another
loss · vanquished · rout · downfall · surrender
Winged Victorystillness
Complete lack of motion
stasis · immobility · repose · groundedness · earthbound
Winged VictoryColossus of Rhodes
Ancient wonder, bronze statue
rubble · ruins · fragments · obliterated · forgotten
wing, winged, wings, winging, wingless, winglet, wingspan, victory, victories