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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Statue of Athena with a Snake
Image View:
Detail, head and upper body (head replaced by Algardi)
Creator:
Alessandro Algardi (Italian restorer, 1598-1654); unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 8626
Location Note:
Palazzo Altemps; Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46; Ludovisi Collection
GPS:
41.900935 12.473053
Date:
ca. 99 BCE-199 CE (creation); restored 1627 (restoration)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Greco-Roman; Neo-Attic
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble; Carrara marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
deities; mythology (Classical); Athena (Greek deity); Restoration and conservation
Description:
The statue was found in 1627 in fragments at the Campus Martius, near Santa Maria Sopra Minerva. It probably represented Hygieia but was restored as an Athena by Alessandro Algardi to oblige his patron, Cardinal Ludovisi. (Although one of the cult titles of Athena was "Athena Hygieia" and both were portrayed with snakes.) The original parts (torso, lower body and snake) are marble; the restored elements (mainly head and aegis) are Carrara marble. It is also listed as a "Giustiniani type" after the Antonine period statue of Pallas Athena in the Vatican Museums. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-PAL-SOAS-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Statue of Athena with a Snake