A Greco-Roman bronze figure of Pallas Athena presumably 1st/2nd century A.D.
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Athena standing with her weight on the left leg and her head turned slightly to her right, and wearing a chiton, himation, and aegis with Medusa head in front. Height 14 cm.
Provenance
From the Collection of Dr Emil Hultmark (1872-1943), Stockholm, thence by descent within the family until now.
Dr Emil Hultmark was an art historian, collector, donor and patron of the arts. He combined important work as an art historian not only with the creation of one of the largest and most remarkable private art collections in Sweden, but also with the construction of an archive of Swedish artists and art craftsmen unparalleled in its extent, together with a library containing almost all that has been written about Swedish art.
Emil Hultmark was one of the co-founders of the ‘Kinaklubben’ (China Club) in Stockholm in the 1920's with Carl Kempe (1884-1967) and the Crown Prince Gustav Adolf. He is a well known collector and his beautiful home and summer house is well documented in the magazine 'Svenska Hem i ord och bild' in the 1930's, which provide us with a fascinating window into this golden age of European collecting.
More information
Athena eller Pallas Athena är vishetens och krigets gudinna i grekisk mytologi.
Hennes attribut var sköld, lans, olivträd och uggla Hon var gudinnan över städer, hantverk, olivträdet och visheten. Hennes eviga följeslagare var en uggla. Athenas stående epitet är glaukopis, vilket tolkats som ”uggleögd” eller ”strålögd”.