M0015203: Statue of Nike, Ancient Greek Goddess of Victory, c.50 B.C. - 50 A.D.

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Ancient copy of Niki, Goddess of Victory.

Photograph of a statue of Nike standing on a globe, arms and wings missing. Originally stood on the hand of Zeus in the temple of Zeus at Olympia. The statue was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1931 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R4517/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0015204, M0015205

September 1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R4517/1936

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.