Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Nike
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Nike
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Image View:
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Overall view of body fragment from rear left, supported by steel brace
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) s.n.
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Location Note:
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Piazza Museo, 19; Farnese Collection
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GPS:
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+40.853378+14.250486
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Date:
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ca. 190-220 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Hellenistic; Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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black basalt
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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deities; mythology (Classical); NIke; Victory; Victoria
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Description:
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Roman copy, from the end of the 2nd to early 3rd century CE, from a Greek Hellenistic original. Nike is the goddess of strength, speed, and victory. The body with swirling drapery is carved from black basalt. From the Farnese Collection. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; https://www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-NAM-NIKE-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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