The Hope Athena LACMA Collections

The Hope Athena, Unknown, Italy, Ostia or Rome, 2nd century A.D. Roman copy after a Greek Original of the 5th century B.C., Sculpture, Marble, Athena, the Greek goddess of war and wisdom, is immediately identifiable by her protective aegis, a snake-fringed garment on which is fixed the head of the Gorgon Medusa.

The Hope Athena. Roman copy after a Greek Original of the 5th century B.C., II, 76×218×48 cm by Unknown artist: History, Analysis & Facts

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