PARIS - Winged Victory of Samothrace, the towering Hellenistic sculpture that dominates the Louvre Museum's most frequented ... Greek goddess of victory, Nike, as she lands on a ship's bow atop ...

The headless sculpture ... Lisa The Louvre Museum in Paris has removed Winged Victory of Samothrace from public view for a year of restoration. The statue of the Greek goddess Nike, created ...

ATHENS, Greece – The Greek island of Samothrace wants France to return the winged marble statue of victory that has been prominently displayed in the Louvre ... of victory, Nike, dates from ...

She had studied the Greek statue, also known as Winged Victory, as an art major at the University of Michigan and had made two pilgrimages to the Louvre in ... a replica Nike at the very center ...