Uncovering the Victory of Samothrace

The restoration work that has recently taken place on the Victory of Samothrace is the starting point for showing a varied wealth of information about the sculpture. It tells in pictures the story of its discovery, explains the context of the sanctuary in which it was found, its transfer to France, the results of the research that tells us how it was sculpted and other interesting details. It also looks at the process through which it has become a cult image and one of the emblematic items in the Louvre collections, arousing great interest among the visiting public.

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