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Athena (Minerva): view from left

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Athena (Minerva): oblique view from right

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Athena (Minerva): three-quarter view from right

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Athena (Minerva), detail of head and torso: frontal view

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Athena (Minerva): three-quarter view from left

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Athena (Minerva): frontal view

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Title: Athena (Minerva)
Context: From Germany
Findspot: Found near Ettringen, near Coblenz
Summary: Helmeted Athena with cape-like aegis
Material: Bronze
Sculpture Type: Free-standing statue
Date: ca. 1 AD - ca. 200 AD
Dimensions: H 0.151 m
Scale: Miniature
Region: Rhineland
Period: Roman Imperial

Subject Description: A standing Athena wears a tight-fitting Athenian helmet and an aegis with a central gorgoneion. A spear would have been held in her left hand.

Form & Style: The general style is that of Pheidias and the late fifth century B.C. This statuette could be an import from the Mediterranean.

Condition: Nearly complete

Condition Description: Attributes missing from both hands

Sources Used: Comstock & Vermeule 1971, 92-93 no. 97