A Marble Figure of Athena , Roman Imperial, 2nd Century A.D.

the goddess enthroned with her feet resting on a low trapezoidal plinth, her raised right hand now missing and formerly holding a spear, and wearing a sleeveless chiton tied with a belt below the breasts, himation draped over her lap, and Corinthian helmet with hole on top for attachment of the missing crest, her face carved separately in a different marble, the throne with voluted legs, high back with molded cornice, and broad acanthus finial with voluted ends each centering a rosette, an owl at her feet.

on the Roman art market in 1939 (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, negative nos. 39.282-284, without the face)
Hampel, Munich, 2005
Sotheby's, New York, December 7th, 2005, no. 44, illus.

Triple Gallery, Bremgarten-Bern, Unsere Besten. Antike Skulpturen und Reliefs vereint mit Meisterzeichnungen von der Renaissance bis zur klassischen Moderne, Geburtstagsausstellung, May 23rd to June 30th, 2007, p. 17, no. 13, illus.

The present statuette is a miniature version of the colossal statue of Minerva which stood, together with enthroned Jupiter and Juno, in the Temple of the Capitoline Triad in Rome. For a complete mid-2nd Century A.D. set of marble statuettes representing the Capitoline Triad, all found together in a villa near Tivoli in Latium, see N. Agnoli, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palestrina. Le sculture, Rome, 2002, pp. 118ff, no. I.31, figs. 31a.b.e.h.m.r. Also see R. Schindler, Führer durch das Landesmuseum Trier, Trier, 1977, fig. 74