Athena (so-called “Athena Farnese”)
Marble. Roman copy of a Greek original ca. 430 BCE (circle of Phidias). Inv. No. 6024.Naples, National Archaeological MuseumPhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Athena (so-called “Athena Farnese”).

Marble. Roman copy of a Greek original ca. 430 BCE (circle of Phidias).
Inv. No. 6024.

Naples, National Archaeological Museum
(Napoli, Museo archeologico nazionale).

Private collection, Albani.
Origin:
Roman copy of a Greek original by the circle of Phidias, presumably of the statue of Athena-Hygieia by Pyrrhos, dedicated by Pericle on the Athen’s Acropolis in occasion of the plague of 430 BCE.
Credits:
© 2015. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Data: museum annotation.
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