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Victory with Cornucopia (Chariot Attachment)

AD 40–68

Italy, Rome, Imperial, later Julio-Claudian

Bronze

Overall: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.)

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1984.25

Location

103 Roman

Fun Fact

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.

Citations
Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1984." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 2 (1985): 163-207. P. 168, fig. 7.
Dempsey, James H. "The Annual Report for 1984." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 4 (1985): 242-98. P. 264 (illus.). www.jstor.org
Kozloff, Arielle P., David Gordon Mitten, and Suzannah Fabing. The Gods Delight: The Human Figure in Classical Bronze. Cleveland, Ohio: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1988. Pp. 340-343, cat. 66.
Kozloff, Arielle P. Classical Art: A Brief Guide to the Collection, the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Museum, 1989. P. 16.
Cleveland Museum of Art. Interpretations: Sixty-Five Works from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. fig. 5
Exhibition history

CMA, 1985: "Year in Review 1984," Bulletin LXXII (April 1985), p. 200, no. 7, repr. p. 168

CMA, 1988: "The Gods Delight: The Human Figure in Classical Bronze," November 116, 1988-January 8, 1989, cat. no. 66, pp. 340-343, repr. p. 342, 343, repr. color p. 341. Also to: Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, February 9-April 9, 1989 and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, May 9-July 9, 1989.

Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).

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