Victory Writing on a Shield
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
Overall (confirmed): 18 7/16 × 6 1/16 × 6 1/4 in. (46.8 × 15.4 × 15.9 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
French, Paris
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Wrightsman Fund, 2012
Accession Number
2012.453
Tags
ShieldsVictoryHelmetsWriting
About the Artist
Jean Guillaume Moitte · 1746–1810
A sculptor and draftsman who worked in the Neoclassical style and, although not that well-known, to be one of France most talented and committed exponents of that style. In 1768 he won the Prix de Rome for sculpture and lived in Rome from October 1771 to May 1773. In 1783 Moitte was accepted by the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture and received commissions for several statues and low r...