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Nike relief SM X2123 in the Dome Area, Sir John Soane's Museum, 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields. ©A.C. Cooper (colour) Ltd.
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Nike or winged angel figure, in relief

Plaster

Museum number: X2123

On display: Dome Area
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house. For tours https://www.soane.org/your-visit

Curatorial note

One of four identiical reliefs of winged female figures (intended to represent the nike of Classical mythology or angels) mounted in the corners of the 'Dome' at the heart of the Soane Museum. They were installed there when the area was constructed in 1808-09.


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