Athena Albani Cast
Athena Albani Cast
The statue is of the type known as "Albani".
Beazley Archive C080, Oxford.
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Athena Albani Reconstruction
The statue is of the type known as
"Albani". Louvre Gy0612 (1850-1900), Paris.
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- Athena wearing a wolf-head cap, and aigis decorated with a head of Gorgo.
- She once held a spear in her right hand and perhaps had a shield on her left arm.
- The head may not belong with the body.
- Copy of a marble statue composed of a head placed on a body found separately.
- The head and body are from versions of a Greek original of about 430-420 BCE.
- They were both found at Tivoli, have been joined together and are now in Rome, Villa Albani, inv. 1012.
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