Athena with an Owl

ca. 450 BC (Classical)

7.9 cm 14.5 cm 3 cm

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A maidenly and surprisingly modest Athena bends her head forward. Perched on her hand is an owl, the emblem of her wisdom. Her war-like aspect is downplayed here, although her upraised left hand once held a staff or spear, and she wears a helmet crowned by a sphinx. The simpli...

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Henri Leman, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase [Joseph Brummer as agent; Brummer inv. no. X401]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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