Earlier Reconstructed Athena Aphaia by Thorwaldsen
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Earlier Reconstructed Athena Aphaia by Thorwaldsen
Athena from the west pediment. Height 1.68 m. Munich Glyptothek 74.
- The sculptures were excavated in 1811, bought by King Ludwig I of Bavaria and restored and improved by the neo-Classical sculptor Thorwaldsen.
- The restorations have been removed from the new display in Munich.
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