THE WINGED VICTORY OF BRESCIA

• THE WINGED VICTORY OF BRESCIA:
Bronze statue found in 1826 at the Capitolium of Brixia site,
Now - one of the symbols of Brescia preserved in the Capitolium museum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitolium_of_Brixia
1 AD
[H=195cm]
"The ... restoration of the 'Opificio delle Pietre Dure' [Ministry of Culture restoration institute based in Florence] has established that the statue was cast in the 1st c. AD in a local forge and is not an assembly of different statues but was created to be a 'Winged Victory'.
The reference model is to be identified in Aphrodite Urania of the 'Cyrene type', i.e. with the goddess conceived in that specific variation of posture found in the statue of the same name from Cyrene. Other details, such as the twisting of the bust and the shape of the arms are also borrowed from Greek works of the 5th-6th c. BC.
... the wings were added to transform the work into the goddess Victoria; in Rome and Constantinople there were similar works [Victory engraving a shield] in the Imperial forums."
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Brixia Archaeological Park in Brescia | BAP
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