Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property formerly in the Collection of Jan Mitchell
A Roman Bronze Figure of Athena, circa 2nd/3rd Century A.D.
Lot Closed
July 7, 04:04 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property formerly in the Collection of Jan Mitchell
A Roman Bronze Figure of Athena
circa 2nd/3rd Century A.D.
the goddess standing in a lively posture with her head turned to her left, probably formerly holding a shield in her left hand and a spear in her lowered right hand, and wearing a windblown chiton and aegis, her face with expressive features, her hair parted in the center and surmounted by a Corinthian helmet with high crest.
Height 14 cm.
Florence L. Rauh [Mrs Godfrey Goldmark] (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, December 4th-6th, 1940, no. 80, illus. on p. 9: https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/idviewer/22816/10)
Jan Mitchell (1913-2009), New York, probably acquired in the 1960s or earlier
by descent to the present owner
For related running figures of Athena see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1884-0614-59 and W. Froehner, Collection Julien Gréau. Les bronzes antiques, 1883, no. 917: https://archive.org/details/collectionjgreau00grea/page/189 (S. Reinach, Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine, vol. 2, 1908, p. 288, no. 4: https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/viewer/15459/?offset=#page=325&viewer=picture&o=share&n=0&q=).