On view
Ancient Mediterranean Art
Copy of Pheidias’s fifth-century BCE Athena Parthenos,
ca. 150 CE
copy after Pheidias, 5th century BCE
Roman
Roman Imperial Period, ca. 30 BCE–476 CE
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Information
Title
Copy of Pheidias’s fifth-century BCE Athena Parthenos
Dates
ca. 150 CE
Maker
copy after Pheidias
Medium
White marble, possibly Pentelic
Dimensions
11.8 x 6.0 cm (4 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
h. from chin to tip of central crest 5.5 cm, w. at shoulders 6.0 cm, w. of face from ears 2.1 cm
Credit Line
Gift of William Francis Magie, Class of 1879, in 1923
Object Number
y18
Place Collected
Greece, Athens
Culture
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Subject
Given to the Museum by William Francis Magie in 1923
- D. A. Amyx, Echoes from Olympus: reflections of divinity in small scale classical art, (Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley, University Art Museum, 1974)., Cat. no. 149, p. 147
- Allen Rosenbaum and Francis F. Jones, Selections from The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1986), p. 248 (illus.)
- B. S. Ridgway, et al., Greek sculpture in the Art Museum, Princeton University: Greek originals, Roman copies and variants, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1994)., no. 6, pp. 24-27, illus.
