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Nike and warrior Louvre Ma969
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Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Artist/Maker Unknown
Nike (Victory) offering an egg to a snake entwined around a column topped with the Palladion;
a warrior wearing helmet and armour has laid down his shield at the feet of the trophy and stands in a contemplative posture. Marble, Roman copy of the late 1st century AD after a neo-Attic original of the Hellenistic era.
Dimensions H. 42 cm (16 ½ in.), W. 42 cm (16 ½ in.)
Credit line Albani Collection; seized by Napoleon; purchased by Louis XVIII, 1805
Accession number Ma 969 (MR 853 )
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, ground floor, room 17
Photographer/source Marie-Lan Nguyen (Jastrow) 2007
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