Marble head of Athena

Unknown

ca. 27 BCE–68 CE · Marble, Island · Greek and Roman Art

The goddess Athena is represented in an archaistic style, a decorative, retrospective manner that incorporated stylistic characteristics of archaic Greek art of the sixth or early fifth century B.C. into newly created figures and compositions. The style flourished from the late second century B.C. onward, fulfilling a demand for decorative works based on the much admired art of the past.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 27 BCE–68 CE

Medium

Marble, Island

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1912