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Athena
(Ancient Greece )
This fragmentary torso is a portion of a copy of the Athena Parthenos. The fragment preserves the proper right side of the goddess' aegis and her drapery from her shoulders to knee level.
Provenance
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, by 1894, [mode of acquisition unknown] [marble no. 44]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 6/26/1961 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 7/6/1970 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 1/1/1992 | Technical Report | x-ray diffraction; other |
Geographies
Greece (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 39 3/8 in. (100 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
23.41