Messenger of Victory (Nenikhkamen)
Bronze Sculpture
Messenger of Victory (Nenikhkamen)
Max Kruse (1854-1942)
Bronze Sculpture by Gladenback & Son
Germany
Early 20th Century
20.5” x 17.5 x 5”
Depicting the Greek messenger Pheidippides running, the base cast as set of three rough steps, signed on the base, Max Kruse Fec and foundry mark H. Gladenbeck & Sohn.
Illustrated in H. Berman, Bronzes, Sculptors and Founders, 1800-1930, Chicago, 1980 Volume IV, page 905. Nenikikamen is a translation of the ancient Greek 'we have won', and according to legend was the last word of the messenger Pheidippides after he completed his run to Marathon from Athens to report the defeat of the Persians in 490 BC. There is another example of this model in the Berlin Museum entitled Messenger of the Marathon.
Inventory #1012
Price $4,500
Messenger of Victory (Nenikhkamen)
