Athena Giustiniani

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Athena Giustiniani

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The helmeted Athena is a replica of a Roman copy of the so-called Giustiniani type of the 5th c. BC. The cast in the Wilcox Collection represents only the bust of a large statue in the Vatican Museums, Rome. The original sculpture was found in Rome on the Esquiline Hill in the 17th c. and belonged to the collection of Vincenzo Giustiniani in the Palazzo Giustiniani.

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