The Calvatone Victory
Guilded bronze.2nd cent. CE.
Torso, head and sphere wit inscription are of ancient origin.
The rest parts were reconstructed and added in 1844 according to the then views of the iconography of Victory.
H. 194 cm. Inv. No. ЗСсэ-574.Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage MuseumPhoto by Ilya Shurygin
The Calvatone Victory.
Guilded bronze.
2nd cent. CE.
Torso, head and sphere wit inscription are of ancient origin.
The rest parts were reconstructed and added in 1844 according to the then views of the iconography of Victory.
H. 194 cm.
2nd cent. CE.
Torso, head and sphere wit inscription are of ancient origin.
The rest parts were reconstructed and added in 1844 according to the then views of the iconography of Victory.
H. 194 cm.
Inv. No. ЗСсэ-574.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum
(Санкт-Петербург, Государственный Эрмитаж).
Origin:
Was found in Calvatone (Cremona, Lombardy, Italy) in 1836.
Since 1842 until 1939 in the Royal Museum in Berlin (in 1845 renamed the Altes Museum).
In 1939 transferred to the Imperial Mint on the Molkenmarkt square.
In 1946 as part of the trophy values it was removed to the USSR and kept in the State Hermitage Museum funds.
After restoration in 2019 is exposed in the State Hermitage Museum.
Since 1842 until 1939 in the Royal Museum in Berlin (in 1845 renamed the Altes Museum).
In 1939 transferred to the Imperial Mint on the Molkenmarkt square.
In 1946 as part of the trophy values it was removed to the USSR and kept in the State Hermitage Museum funds.
After restoration in 2019 is exposed in the State Hermitage Museum.
Credits:
© 2021. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Info.: museum annotation.
Info.: museum annotation.
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