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Athena
Roman
Imperial Period
about 2nd–3rd century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Marble, fully-grained, fully crystalline white
Dimensions
Height x length (of face): 15.3 x 6.4 cm (6 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number00.310
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone (MFA), no. 174.
DescriptionThe tip of the nose, the end of the chin, and both ends of the crest of the helmet are missing. The surfaces of the garland, of the hair, and, to a lesser extent, of the face are worn. A magenta-colored pigment remains in both the garland and the hair. She wears a helmet with a high crest and a garland bound around it. Small curls escape from under the helmet around the forehead, and the hair falls in long locks at the sides.
ProvenanceBy 1900: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Athens); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, February 1900