This famous Greek sculpture The Winged Victory is featured in a scene in the Louvre in Susan Vreeland'sart-related  novel, Lisette's List

Nike of Samothrace (The Winged Victory), Musée du Louvre

I insisted that we climb the long Daru staircase in the Louvre, pausing at each step to appreciate the full marble glory of Nike of Samothrace, winged and victorious. Her commanding presence, well over three meters high and set on a tall pedestal, demanded that we look up in adoration. I was certain that I felt the wind ruffling her gown.

"What a victory it was to remove that for hiding," he said. "September third, the same day de Gaulle declared war. We volunteers gathered to watch, holding our breaths as she was lowered down the steps on runners and held upright by ropes. More than twenty centuries old, she is. It does me good to see her back in her rightful place, undamaged."