Gloria Victis! (Glory to the Vanquished)
Marius Jean Antonin Mercie, French, 1845 - 1916
after 1874, cast after 1879
Bronze
Overall: 42 5/16 × 25 3/16 × 18 7/8 in. (107.5 × 64 × 48 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through a gift from Jane and W. David Dance, Class of 1940
S.999.5.2
Geography/Culture
Europe, France
Period
19th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Classification
Sculpture
On view
Inscription
Signed, in metal, on ground beneath raised figure: A. MERCIE; inscribed, in metal, across front of base: GLORIA VICTUS; inscribed, on base, beneath drapery: F. BARBEDIENNE, Fondeur. Stamped, on base, beneath winged figure‘s extended foot: [Man‘s profile, facing right] encircled, from lower left to top to lower right: REDUCTION MECANIQUE; beneath man‘s profile A. COLLAS / [illeg.]
Course History
SART 23, Figure Sculpture, Leslie Fry, Spring 2019
FREN 8, Exploring French Culture and Language, Annabelle Cone, Winter 2015
FREN 8, Exploring French Culture and Language, Annabelle Cone, Fall 2014
FREN 8, Exploring French Culture and Language, Annabelle Cone, Spring 2014
WRIT 5, Poor Taste, William Boyer, Winter 2014
ARTH 51, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Katie Hornstein, Fall 2012
ARTH 51, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Katie Hornstein, Fall 2012
Exhibition History
The Beauty of the Bronze: Selections from the Hood Museum of Art, Gene Y. Kim Class of 1985 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 13, 2012-March 18, 2014.
Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, August 26, 1999-May 1, 2000.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, June 8-August 15, 1999.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, August 24, 2002-September 21, 2003.
Emulating Antiquity: Nineteenth-century European Sculpture, Engles Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-February 23, 2020.
A Space for Dialogue 34, Images of War, Christina Duncan Evans, Class of 1954 Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 24-December 3, 2006.
Publication History
T. Barton Thurber, European Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2008, pp. 92-93, ill. pp. 92/93, no. 43.
Provenance
Steve Newman, Stamford, Connecticut; sold to present collection, 1999.
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