TheLenormant Athena is the name given to a small Greek statuette which was made in the first century CE.
The Lenormant Athena was discovered in 1859 near thePnyx hill inAthens and identified byFrançois Lenormant a year later as a small copy of theAthena Parthenos ofPhidias. The 41 centimetres (16 in) highpentelic marble sculpture has thus come to be known by his name. The unfinished work is of great art historical significance since it not only shows us what Phidias' statue looked like but also the reliefs on her shield and the base on which she stood, which are otherwise only known from literary sources.
Athena stands in a quiet, graceful pose, resting her weight on her right leg. She is dressed in an Atticpeplos. Her left arm rests on her shield. AnAmazonomachy is depicted on the shield. In her right hand, which rests on a strong support, Athena must have held aNike, which has not survived. The unfinished base depicts the birth ofPandora. The back is still in an unfinished state as well.
Today the statuette is stored in theNational Archaeological Museum, Athens with inventory number 128.
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