Gloria Victis
Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié
model c. 1874, cast after 1879
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall: 140 × 84.1 × 67.3 cm (55 1/8 × 33 1/8 × 26 1/2 in.) overall (length of tassle hanging from handle): 12.07 cm (4 3/4 in.) overall (overall length of sword): 21.27 cm (8 3/8 in.) overall (length of sword blade): 12.07 cm (4 3/4 in.) overall (length of sword handle): 8.26 cm (3 1/4 in.) overall (length of sword hilt): 9.53 cm (3 3/4 in.) overall (widest point of sword hilt): 5.72 cm (2 1/4 in.) gross weight: 89.812 kg (198 lb.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Accession Number
1985.52.1