Athena Parthnos, Roman copy of a Greek original, Ca. 130-150 CE
Museo Nacional del Prado, On View in Room 73
“A miniature Roman reproduction of the famous statue that Phidias made for the Parthenon in Athens between 447 annd 438 B.C. The original was about eleven meters in height and was of gold and ivory. The finest copies, of which the present is an outstanding example, are small works with certain differences in proportion and details.”








