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Auction archive: Lot number 5

A sculpted limestone model of the Samothrace Nike, 20th century, modelled after …

Auction 27.05.2015
27 May 2015
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$15,456 - US$23,184
Price realised:
£36,000
ca. US$55,641
Auction archive: Lot number 5

A sculpted limestone model of the Samothrace Nike, 20th century, modelled after …

Auction 27.05.2015
27 May 2015
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$15,456 - US$23,184
Price realised:
£36,000
ca. US$55,641
Beschreibung:

A sculpted limestone model of the Samothrace Nike, 20th century, modelled after the Antique, with wings outstretched and drapery billowing around, atop a cylindrical stone plinth, 293cm high overall, the base 100cm diameter The Winged Victory of Samothrace, discovered in 1863, is thought to have been created around 200-190 BC. The work is 2.44 metres (8 feet) in height and was commissioned to commemorate victory in a sea battle as well as in honour of the goddess. It is famed for the way in which it conveys a sense of action and triumph as well as portraying artful flowing drapery, the goddess being portrayed as descending to alight upon the prow of a warship Rendered in grey and white Thasian and Parian marble, the figure originally formed part of the Samothrace temple complex dedicated to the Great gods, Megaloi Theoi. It stood on a rostral pedestal of grey marble from Lartos representing the prow of a ship (most likely a trihemiolia), and represents the goddess as she descends from the skies to the triumphant fleet The Hellenistic original is currently held in the Louvre collection in Paris Condition report disclaimer

Auction archive: Lot number 5
Auction:
Datum:
27 May 2015
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

A sculpted limestone model of the Samothrace Nike, 20th century, modelled after the Antique, with wings outstretched and drapery billowing around, atop a cylindrical stone plinth, 293cm high overall, the base 100cm diameter The Winged Victory of Samothrace, discovered in 1863, is thought to have been created around 200-190 BC. The work is 2.44 metres (8 feet) in height and was commissioned to commemorate victory in a sea battle as well as in honour of the goddess. It is famed for the way in which it conveys a sense of action and triumph as well as portraying artful flowing drapery, the goddess being portrayed as descending to alight upon the prow of a warship Rendered in grey and white Thasian and Parian marble, the figure originally formed part of the Samothrace temple complex dedicated to the Great gods, Megaloi Theoi. It stood on a rostral pedestal of grey marble from Lartos representing the prow of a ship (most likely a trihemiolia), and represents the goddess as she descends from the skies to the triumphant fleet The Hellenistic original is currently held in the Louvre collection in Paris Condition report disclaimer

Auction archive: Lot number 5
Auction:
Datum:
27 May 2015
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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