On the second floor in the hallway outside the Assembly Room you will encounter the famous Nike of Samothrace. Unlike the original marble statue of over 8 feet in height (now in the Louvre Museum, Paris), our plaster copy, also by Caproni Brothers, is a one-third scale model. Nonetheless, the statue still conveys the dynamism of this Goddess of Victory as she beats her large wings against the sea breezes to land on the prow of a ship. Hellenistic art was all about the drama of action—note how her body turns as she attempts to set her feet on deck and how the mist from the sea has moistened her robes as they cling to her body. Caproni’s copies were notable for their attention to these important details, even when scaled down to a smaller size.