Cast Gallery catalogue number: B034

Nike. The inscription on the base reads:
Farshooter (Apollo, receive this) fine figure (....., worked by) the skills of Archermos, from the Chian Mikkiades, ...the paternal city of Melas.

• Plaster cast: Height: 92cm.
• The cast is composed of a copy of a marble statue of Nike and a copy of an inscribed marble base.
• The statue:
  • was made in about 550 BC, probably by Archermos.
  • was found on Delos, in the Sanctuary of Apollo, in 1877.
  • is now in Athens, National Museum, 21.
• The base:
  • was found on Delos in 1880-1881 near the statue of Nike and almost certainly belongs with it.
  • is now in Athens, National Museum, 21A.