> Winged Victory of Samothrace was found on an island in the Aegean Sea.  It is believed to have been created by the Greeks during the 2nd or 3rd century B.C.  It was discovered broken and scattered in 118 pieces in 1863 and reassembled at the Louvre.
 > Jules César by Nicolas Coustou
 > L'Amour embrassant l'Amitié (Love embracing Friendship) by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
 > Jules César by Nicolas Coustou
 > Napoléon en triomphateur by François-Frédéric Lemot
 > Lion Fighting a Serpent by Antoine-Louis Barye
 > Vertumne by François Barois
 > The Hope by Lemoyne-Saint-Paul
 > Polyphemus by Corneille Van Cleve.  This piece represents Polyphemus, the cyclop son of Neptue, after being rejected by the nymph Galatea.
Winged Victory of Samothrace was found on an island in the Aegean Sea. It is believed to have been created by the Greeks during the 2nd or 3rd century B.C. It was discovered broken and scattered in 118 pieces in 1863 and reassembled at the Louvre.
 > Winged Victory of Samothrace was found on an island in the Aegean Sea.  It is believed to have been created by the Greeks during the 2nd or 3rd century B.C.  It was discovered broken and scattered in 118 pieces in 1863 and reassembled at the Louvre.
Winged Victory of Samothrace was found on an island in the Aegean Sea. It is believed to have been created by the Greeks during the 2nd or 3rd century B.C. It was discovered broken and scattered in 118 pieces in 1863 and reassembled at the Louvre.
Photo by: Richard Higgins • see photo in gallery

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