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Marble Head of Athena in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2019
Marble head of Athena
ca. 200 B.C.
Object Details
Title: Marble head of Athena
Period: Hellenistic
Date: ca. 200 B.C.
Culture: Greek
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: H. 19 in. (48.26 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1996
Accession Number: 1996.178
The dynamic movement and passionate expression of this colossal head mark it as a rare example of monumental art from the late third to the second century B.C., when an exaggerated baroque style prevailed in some areas of the Mediterranean. The goddess originally wore a helmet of marble or bronze, added separately. The ears are pierced for metal earrings. The head comes from an over-life-sized statue that possibly represented the goddess striding forward. The statue may have stood outdoors, as a monumental votive image of the warrior goddess in her role as protectress of a city rather than within a temple as a cult statue.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/256255
ca. 200 B.C.
Object Details
Title: Marble head of Athena
Period: Hellenistic
Date: ca. 200 B.C.
Culture: Greek
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: H. 19 in. (48.26 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1996
Accession Number: 1996.178
The dynamic movement and passionate expression of this colossal head mark it as a rare example of monumental art from the late third to the second century B.C., when an exaggerated baroque style prevailed in some areas of the Mediterranean. The goddess originally wore a helmet of marble or bronze, added separately. The ears are pierced for metal earrings. The head comes from an over-life-sized statue that possibly represented the goddess striding forward. The statue may have stood outdoors, as a monumental votive image of the warrior goddess in her role as protectress of a city rather than within a temple as a cult statue.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/256255
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