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Intaglio with the Head of Athena Set in a Pin
(Roman Empire )
This intaglio depicts the helmeted head of the goddess Athena in profile to the left. She is wearing the helmet type of the Athena Parthenos, a gold and ivory statue carved by the sculptor Pheidias for the Parthenon in Athens in the 5th century BCE.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of purchase unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by bequest; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5143a]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
Measurements
H: 11/16 × W: 1/2 × D: 3/16 in. (1.7 × 1.3 × 0.4 cm); H with mount: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1942
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.1149