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White marble, late 1st cent. B.C. - early 1st cent. A.D. Oplontis excavations Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei, inv. 73302
As compared to the former, this statue is missing in many parts, including the head, the arms and one foot. The two sculptures are Roman copies of originals from the Hellenistic Age, when the Winged Victory was a widely represented subject.
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