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Victory with Cornucopia (Chariot Attachment)

40–68 CE

Italy, Rome, Imperial, later Julio-Claudian

Medium
bronze
Measurements
Overall: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1984.25
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The cornucopia held by this Winged Victory overflows with fruits, grains, and other signs of abundance.

Description

In Roman times, the arrival of Winged Victory—touching down to earth, her drapery flying behind her—was a moment not just of military conquest, but was the first step toward peace and prosperity.
A bronze sculpture depicts Winged Victory, a woman wearing a tunic rippling behind her, right leg extending forward out of a slit. In the crook of her left elbow she holds a cornucopia, a long thin horn overflowing with fruit, grain, and more, her right hand reaching over to touch these as the horn extends up above her head. Mostly bronze colored, at some points the sculpture has corroded dark green or red.

Victory with Cornucopia (Chariot Attachment)

40–68 CE

Italy, Rome, Imperial, later Julio-Claudian

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