Decree Relief with Athena

Description Athena rests her left arm on a pillar, over which is draped her "aegis" (a powerful and protective scaly animal skin) with a Gorgon head. Athena's pose exemplifies the grace associated with the Classical art of late 5th-century Athens. Standing beside her would have been the individual honored in the official decree, inscribed below.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/21/1961	Treatment	cleaned
10/25/1985	Treatment	cleaned
7/01/1988	Treatment	loss compensation
6/28/1994	Loan Consideration	examined for loan

Exhibitions

• From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988-1989.
• Pandora's Box: Women in Classical Greece. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel. 1995-1996.

Provenance Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Inscription] On top molding: NOΣ (dot underneath the Σ); [Inscription] On bottom molding: ANEPI (dot underneath the A and the I).

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925