Plaster cast of Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory)

• Reference:GB 1694 PC/015
• Dates of Creation:20th century
• Physical Description:
  1 item

• Scope and Content

  This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.
  
  Original: A second century BC marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory). Discovered in 1863, on the island of Samothrace. Thought to be by a discple of Lysippus or by pupils of Scopas. It was created to not only honor the goddess, Nike, but to honor a sea battle. Original currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.

• Acquisition Information

  Purchased 1914 from the Louvre. Listed in 1964/5 inventory as located in the museum and passage ways of the Mackintosh Building (GSAA/GOV/7/5).

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Dimensions: 2000 x 989 x 779 mm (Plinth: 920 x 1330 x 940 mm)

• Related Material

  GSAA/GOV/7/5

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  15th June 2018

  Portraits

  Sculpture

  Teaching materials

  Casts (sculpture)

• Geographical Names

  Greece