Athena Mattei Louvre Ma530

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Artist/Maker Copy of Cephisodotos or Euphranor (?)

So-called “Mattei Athena”. Marble, Roman copy from the 1st century BC/AD after a Greek original of the 4th century BC, attributed to Cephisodotos or Euphranor. Related to the bronze Piraeus Athena.

Dimensions H. 2.3 m (7 ft. 6 ½ in.)

Credit line Entered the Mattei Collection in 1626; purchased by Cardinal Fesch, 1808; purchased by Prince Marc de Beauvau-Craon, 1814; purchased by Louis XVIII, 1821

Accession number Ma 530 (LL 300)

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Denon, ground floor, room 12

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

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