Nike - Winged Victory of Samothrace (c. 190 BC)

The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called the Nike of Samothrace, is a marble sculpture (c. 190 BC) of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory). Since 1884, it has been prominently displayed at the Louvre and is one of the most celebrated sculptures in the world. This is a 3D scan of the original. In 1863 this ancient masterpiece of Hellenistic monuments was discovered, in pieces, by French envoy Charles Champoiseau on the island of Samothrace. The Paros white marble fragments including finely feathered wings and a larger than life bust and legs veiled in sculpted yet transparent-looking fabric, were transported to Paris and reassembled in the Carytid room of classical antiquities. It stands today at the centre of the Daru staircase in the Louvre’s Denon wing. Our model is a 3D scan of the original, released by the Louvre into the Public Domain in 2014.