Athena Giustiniani

Item

Title
Athena Giustiniani
Description
The cast of the helmeted Athena is a bust adapted from a full-size Roman copy of the so-called Giustiniani type of the 5th c. BC, housed in the Vatican Museums, Rome. The 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.
Bibliography
Haskell, F. and N. Penny 1981. Taste and the Antique. Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900 (New Haven and London): 269-71, cat. 63.
Iconography
Athena
Minerva

Item sets

Plaster Cast Collection