Image:Nike libation Apollo Louvre Ma965.jpg

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( inventory)Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Artist/Maker Unknown
Description
English: Apollo carrying his kithara holds a phiale (flat cup) for Nike (Victory) to pour a libation in; they are standing on both sides of the omphalos. Marble, Roman copy of the late 1st century CE after a neo-Attic original of the Hellenistic era.
Français : Nikè (la Victoire) offrant un œuf à un serpent enroulé autour d'une colonne surmontée par le Palladium ; un guerrier portant casque et cuirasse a déposé son bouclier aux pieds du trophée et se tient dans une posture recueillie. Marbre, copie romaine de la fin du Ier siècle ap. J.-C. d'un original néo-attique de la période hellénistique.
Dimensions H. 46 cm (18 in.), W. 47 cm (18 ½ in.), D. 8.5 cm (3 ¼ in.)
Credit line Albani Collection; seized by Napoleon; purchased by Louis XVIII, 1805
Accession number Ma 965 (MR 866)
Location Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, ground floor, room 17
Photographer/source Jastrow (2007)


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