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ATHENE PARTHENOS 1885 Phidias - Greece VICTORIAN PRINT
- Condition : Used
- Dispatch : 2 Days
- Brand : None
- ID# : 224624379
- Quantity : 1 item
- Views : 26
- Location : United Kingdom
- Seller : gregedwards (+22)
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- Start : Tue 05 Nov 2024 13:21:38 (BST)
- Close : Run Until Sold
- Remain : Run Until Sold
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Original 1885 8 7/8 inch x 4 7/8 inch engraving titled ATHENE PARTHENOS.
Athena Parthenos is a lost massive chryselephantine (gold and ivory) sculpture of the Greek goddess Athena, made by Phidias and his assistants and housed in the Parthenon in Athens; this statue was designed as its focal point. Parthenos 'maiden, virgin' was an epithet of Athena. There have been many replicas and works inspired by the statue, in both ancient and modern times. Athena was the Greek goddess of wisdom.
Print size 8 3/4 inch x 12 inch
From ‘The Magazine of Art’ Vol. VIII. 1885. Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. - London, Paris, New York & Melbourne.
The engraving is in very good condition. Printed text to the left of the image and on the reverse.
Listing Information
| Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
| Listing ID# | 224624379 |
| Start Time | Tue 05 Nov 2024 13:21:38 (BST) |
| Close Time | Run Until Sold |
| Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
| Item Condition | Used |
| Bids | 0 |
| Views | 26 |
| Dispatch Time | 2 Days |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Auto Extend | No |
| Date of Creation | 1800-1899 |
| Listed By | !Title |
| Originality | Original |
| Print Surface | Paper |
| Subject | !Statue |
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