Creator story
Surprising fact
The Winged Victory likely stood on a ship's-prow base to celebrate a naval victory; today she dominates the grand staircase of the Louvre.
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Pythokritos
Pythokritos of Rhodes (active 2nd century BC) was a Hellenistic Greek sculptor traditionally credited with the Winged Victory of Samothrace — one of the most celebrated statues to survive from antiquity.
The Winged Victory, with her wind-whipped drapery and surging stride, set the standard for dynamic movement in sculpture for millennia.
- Credited with the Winged Victory of Samothrace.
- A master of Hellenistic drama, movement and flowing drapery.
- His Nike remains one of antiquity's most admired surviving sculptures.
Key works
A key work by Pythokritos
These works make it easiest to see how the artist changed form, content, and the very way art could exist in culture.
c. 175 BCE
Winged Victory of Samothrace
The Winged Victory of Samothrace, or the Nike 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 the beginning of the 2nd century BC.