Reference number
E00047
Author
Anónimo
Title
Athena Parthnos
Chronology
130-150
Technique
Esculpido
Material
Mármol
Measures
98 cm x 36 cm x 40 cm - 48,4 kg
School
Arte Antiguo
Theme
Mitología
On display
Yes
Procedence
Royal Collection

A miniature Roman reproduction of the famous statue that Phidias made for the Parthenon in Athens between 447 annd 438 B.C. The original was about eleven meters in height and was of gold and ivory. The finest copies, of which the present is an outstanding example, are small works with certain differences in proportion and details.

Here, the cleanness and depth of the vertical folds are notable and in keeping with the rather long-faced canon typical of Athenian art from that period. The helmet crest is the result of a seventeenth-century restoration.

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