Lot 169
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A ROMAN MARBLE DRAPED GODDESS
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DALE A. ENGELSON, CALIFORNIA
A ROMAN MARBLE DRAPED GODDESS

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details
A ROMAN MARBLE DRAPED GODDESS
Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
Depicted wearing a belted peplos with a long overfold, with long flute-like vertical pleats and V-shaped folds between her breasts, the belt tied in a "Herakles" knot in the front, the goddess standing with her weight on her right leg, the left relaxed, the knee projecting slightly forward, the separately-made head and arms now missing, on a low plinth
36½ in. (92.7 cm) high
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner in 1985

Lot Essay

Although Artemis and Athena are both depicted wearing a peplos, our goddess finds her closest parallels with the figure of Athena, now in Frankfurt, fig. 393 in Bieber, Ancient Copies. The Frankfurt Athena is thought to be a Roman copy of the bronze original by Myron, circa 450 B.C., from the Athenian Acropolis.

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