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Victory

Founder Cast by Roman Bronze Works
1903; cast 1908
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 766
Eschewing precedents, Longman presented her allegory of Victory as a male figure. Arms thrown triumphantly overhead, he holds traditional symbols: a spray of oak leaves and a laurel wreath. The classicizing attire—a short cuirass, greaves with acanthus patterning covering the shins, and a fillet around the head—aligns this champion with those of famed athletic contests of ancient Greece and Rome. This statuette is a reduction after a monumental version displayed at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Victory
  • Artist: Evelyn Beatrice Longman (American, Winchester, Ohio 1874–1954 Osterville, Massachusetts)
  • Founder: Cast by Roman Bronze Works
  • Date: 1903; cast 1908
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (67.3 x 21 x 18.4 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Edward D. Adams, 1912
  • Object Number: 12.143
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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