Athena Algardi, Altemps Inv8626

Palazzo Altemps (Museo Nazionale Romano), Rome, Italy

Artist/Maker Unknown, restorer: Alessandro Algardi (Italian, 1598– - 1654)

Athena. The statue was found in 1627 in fragments at the Campus Martius, near Santa Maria sopra Minerva. It probably represented Hygieia but was restored as an Athena by Alessandro Algardi to oblige his patron, Cardinal Ludovisi. Original parts (torso, lower body and snake): marble; restored elements (mainly head and aegis): Carrara marble.

Dimensions Unspecified
Credit line Former Ludovisi Collection
Accession number Inv. 8626
Location Ground floor

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

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