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Gloria Victis ("glory to the vanquished") is a sculpture by Antonin Mercié. Many casts, with different finishes, exist of the group. That pictured here is seen at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Another example of the statue can be found in Bordeaux, France, where it faces Saint André's Cathedral.
Fame, also called Gloria Victis ("Glory to the Defeated" or "Glory to the Conquered"), [1] is a Confederate monument in Salisbury, North Carolina.Cast in Brussels, in 1891, Fame is one of two nearly-identical sculptures by Frederick Ruckstull (the other being the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, removed from public display in Baltimore in 2017).
The statue shows Glory supporting a fallen soldier, his standard lowered but her wreath of History held high. The inscription at the base of the monument read, "GLORIA VICTIS", meaning "Glory to the Vanquished" [2] and To The Soldiers and Sailors of Maryland in the Service of The Confederate States of America, 1861–1865. [3]
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The Gloria Victis monument comprises a limestone column supporting Mercié's sculpture which depicts an "Angel of Victory" who supports a mortally injured soldier. Symbolically the soldier's sword is broken. The simple inscription reads "Gloria Victis" which translates to "Glory to the vanquished". Even in defeat there is honour and glory!
His first great popular successes were the David and Gloria Victis. The latter bronze was shown and received the Medal of Honour of the Paris Salon and was subsequently placed in the Square Montholon. [2] The bronze David was one of his most popular works.
Le titre qu’Antonin Mercié donne à son œuvre est intrigant : Gloria Victis (Gloire aux vaincus) est un renversement de la célèbre formule, Vae Victis (Mort aux vaincus), que le général gaulois Brennus, en 390 avant J.-C., aurait lancée aux Romains qu’il venait de vaincre.
Gloria Victis (Confederate monument), or Fame, a Confederate monument in Salisbury, North Carolina Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gloria Victis .