The Fountain of Love by Jean Honoré Fragonard, c. 1785 (details)

“Victoria”

Blanca Padilla for Vogue Novias ss17 by Nacho Alegre

“Victoria”

Degas at the Musée D’Orsay

“Victoria”

Blanca Padilla for Vogue Novias ss17 by Nacho Alegre

The Winged Victory of Samothrace 

 Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The winged goddess of Victory standing on the prow of a ship overlooked the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the island of Samothrace. This monument was probably an ex-voto offered by the people of Rhodes in commemoration of a naval victory in the early second century BC. The theatrical stance, vigorous movement, and billowing drapery of this Hellenistic sculpture are combined with references to the Classical period-prefiguring the baroque aestheticism of the Pergamene sculptors.

Imaan Hammam photographed by Patrick Demarchelier for Allure (April 2017)

The Fountain of Love by Jean Honoré Fragonard, c. 1785 (details)

Degas at the Musée D’Orsay

“Victoria”