Athena Parthenos Louvre Ma91

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Artist/Maker Unknown

Athena of the Athena Parthenos type, detail. Parian marble (body) and Pentelic marble (head), Roman copy from the 1st–2nd century AD after the 5th century BC original by Phidias.

Dimensions H. 2.4 m (7 ft. 10 ¼ in.)

Credit line Borghese Collection; purchase, 1807

Accession number Ma 91 (MR 285)

Location Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Denon, ground floor, room 8

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

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