Description
This gold ring depicts the Greek goddess of wisdom and war, Athena, in a lively manner-- with flowing hair, a large triple-crested helmet, and the characteristic aegis (shield or breastplate) around her neck.
Provenance
Robinson Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Wyndham F. Cook, London, by 1905, [mode of acquisition unknown] [Cook Catalogue, Vol. II, no. 1, pl. 1I]; Humphrey W. Cook, London, 1905, by inheritance; Sale, London, Christie's, July 14, 1925, lot 13; Dikran Kelekian (?), New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.