Purchase lila acheson wallace gift 1996.
Marble statue of athena.
Athena was the greek goddess of wisdom.
The varvakeion athena is a roman era statue of athena parthenos now part of the collection of the national archaeological museum of athens.
This statue was designed as its focal point.
Athena parthenos is a lost massive chryselephantine sculpture of the greek goddess athena made by phidias and his assistants and housed in the parthenon in athens.
Athena parthenos date 130 150 technique sculpted medium marble dimension height.
31 1 2 in.
Provenance royal collection col.
Ad 130 of the colossal gold and ivory statue of the athena parthenos by phidias 438 bc.
Parthenos maiden virgin was an epithet of athena.
Athena was the tutelary deity of athens and the goddess of wisdom and warriors.
51 3 16 in.
457 130 94 cm 3500 kg base.
The designation athena promachos is not attested before a dedicatory inscription of the early.
It was the most renowned cult image of athens considered one of the greatest achievements of the m.
37 in 7716 1 lb.
65 130 80 cm classification.
The athena parthenos was then a gigantic statue which according to pliny was around 11 5 metres tall 26 cubits and was made of carved ivory for flesh parts and gold 1140 kilos or 44 talents of it for everything else all wrapped around a wooden core.
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In the national archaeological museum athens.
Marble head of athena.
Statue of the so called athena of castro pretorio hellenistic statue mid 3rd century bc based on 6th century bc models from the via mentena centrale montemartini rome 22124997272 jpg 3 014 4 787.
Statue of athena parthenos.
Found in athens and known as the varvakeion athena.
51 3 16 in.
The varvakeion a roman marble copy c.
The extraordinary quality and quantity of the marble sculpture which adorned the 5th century bce parthenon in athens made it the most richly decorated of all greek temples.
The athena promachos was a colossal bronze statue of athena sculpted by pheidias which stood between the propylaea and the parthenon on the acropolis of athens.
Pheidias also sculpted two other figures of athena on the acropolis the huge gold and ivory cult image of athena parthenos in the parthenon and the lemnian athena.