Winged Victory of Samothrace

The Winged Victory of Samothrace, Nike of Samothrace, or simply Victory of Samothrace, is a votive monument originally discovered on the island of Samothrace in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It is a masterpiece of Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic era, dating from around 190 BC. The statue represents the goddess Nike (Victory), whose head and arms are missing, standing on a base in the shape of a ship's bow. The total height of the monument is 5.57 metres (18 ft 3 in) including the socle; the statue alone measures 2.75 metres (9 ft 0 in). The sculpture is one of a small number of major Hellenistic statues surviving in the original, rather than Roman copies. Winged Victory has been exhibited at the Louvre in Paris, at the top of the main staircase, since 1884. Greece is seeking the return of the sculpture.

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