| Collection: | Athens, Acropolis Museum |
| Title: | Statue of Nike |
| Context: | From Athens, Acropolis |
| Findspot: | Found at Athens, Acropolis (found in 1886 SW of the Erechthteion) |
| Summary: | Nike torso and legs |
| Object Function: | Victory? |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Free-standing statue? |
| Category: | Separated fragments |
| Style: | Late Archaic |
| Technique: | In-the-round |
| Date: | ca. 490 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 1.40 m |
| Scale: | Under life-size |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | Late Archaic |
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Subject Description: This Nike runs to the left, with her left leg striding forward. The extant neck suggests that she may have turned her head toward the viewer, or slightly to the left. She wears a thin himation draped diagonally over her right shoulder, over a thin chiton, the ends of which fan out in the space between her legs; the ends of the himation are windblown to the left. Cuttings for the sings indicate that they would have projected back in a natural manner, rather than spread directly to either side, as with earlier Nike statues.
Condition: Fragmentary
Condition Description: Two non-joining fragments preserve the right torso and the left thigh and knee of a Nike. Both fragments are slightly worn and scratched.
Material Description: Parian, according to Brouskari
Technique Description: Nine small holes on the neck of this statue suggest that an elaborate piece of hewelry would have been attached to her throat.
Inscription: See (
Other Notes: Harrison has linked this statue with an inscribed Ionic column base, the capital of which is in the Acropolis Museum (comprised of five fragments including
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