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Victory

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Victory by Augustus Saint-Gaudens: A gold statue of a woman with wings on her back; she has one arm straight up in the air and the other down by her side. She wears a crown on her head made of leaves or twigs. The statue one leg bent at the knee and the other leg straight. She wears a long dress and has a feather protruding from the front of her chest. She stands on a short rectangular base.

Artwork details

Date:
1892–1903; this cast, 1914 or after (by 1916)
Medium:
Bronze, gilt
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
500 × 625 px
Museum record:
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