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Source Description
This statuette is similar to the so-called Athena Giustiniani. Her missing upraised proper right hand would have held a staff or spear. Even at this small scale, the protective aegis is clearly rendered on her torso.
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Document identity
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26496
label
Athena
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
id
26496
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object
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normalized
title
Athena
description
This statuette is similar to the so-called Athena Giustiniani. Her missing upraised proper right hand would have held a staff or spear. Even at this small scale, the protective aegis is clearly rendered on her torso.
provenance
Forman Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Forman Collection Sale, 1899, no. 86; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
Original: 5th century BCE; Copy: 1st century BCE-3rd century CE (Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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statuettes (statues)
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm)
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Roman
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cast bronze
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6191
6256
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ROM
GRC
exhibition_ids
796
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photo
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