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Marble Head of Athena in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2019

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

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