Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale

Image View Description

Detail: Relief sculpture

Date

ca. 1937-1940

Creator
Morpurgo, Vittorio Ballio (Italian architect, ca. 1890-1966)
Material/Technique
  • stone
Work Type
sculpture
Style/Period
20th Century, Fascist Architecture
Culture
Italian
Location
Rome (Italy), Piazza Augusto Imperatore
Notes

Figure of a flying victory, carrying the fasces (the bundle of rods, tied together around an axe with projecting blade, carried by ancient Roman body guards)

Image Source

Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University

Photographer
Caleb Smith
Record ID
1213_rome2012_fascistarchitecture_img_020