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19th Century Grecian Style Bronze Military Statue of A Woman In Battle
Located in Queens, NY
"Grecian style bronze life size figure of classic woman (Athena) with military wardrobe holding a
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19th Century Classical Greek Antique Athena

Materials

Bronze

Grand Tour bronze figure of “The Dying Gaul”, After The Antique
Located in Montreal, QC
of Athena, who was the protector of the city. The Greek bronzes were evidently brought to Rome
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Late 19th Century Italian Classical Greek Antique Athena

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Wedgwood Tricolor Jasper Ware Pegasus Vase
By Wedgwood
Located in Asheville, NC
. Decoration depicting the crowning of a kitharist or poet, with an altar, palm tree, Athena in a temple, and
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1780s English Neoclassical Antique Athena

Materials

Stoneware

Ancient Owl Coin Ring, 22kt Gold Silver
Located in Atlanta, GA
coin remains uncovered within the ring band, which allows the owner to view the head of Athena when not
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15th Century and Earlier European Classical Greek Antique Athena

Materials

22k Gold, Sterling Silver

18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Punch Bowl
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
the most beautiful goddess among Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera. After the promise (or bribe) of
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1760s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Athena

Materials

Porcelain

Jean-Auguste BARD, Alexander and Diogenes, Salon of 1839
By Jean-Auguste Bard
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
right, a Greek temple and a statue of Athena reference Corinth’s geographical location. The Greek world
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Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Athena

Materials

Canvas

ANCIENT RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF DIONYSOS (BACCHUS) ROMAN EMPIRE 1ST CENTURY AD
Located in Milan, IT
204) Royal Athena Gallery Acquired from above in 1986 by M.K., St. Clair Shores, Michigan, USA
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Athena

Materials

Bronze

Pair of 17th Century Spanish Baroque Gilt Bronze Mounted Cabinets on Stands
Located in Benington, Herts
architectural form with a niche and the standing classical figure of Athena flanked by dual pairs of Tuscan
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Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Athena

Materials

Tortoise Shell, Ebony

Ancient Greek Owl Coin Pendant (pendant only)
Located in Atlanta, GA
the head of Athena, wearing a crested Attica Helmet. On the reverse side, an owl standing right on
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15th Century and Earlier European Classical Greek Antique Athena

Materials

22k Gold

French school 18th Century, A mytholological scene with a couple, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
the couple on the right. Above them is the goddess Athena in her helmet. The winged figure on the left
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1760s Old Masters Antique Athena

Materials

Ink

Ancient Greek Coin in 22k Gold Pendant (pendant only)
Located in Atlanta, GA
front side of this coin features the head of Athena, wearing a crested Corinthian Helmet. On the reverse
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15th Century and Earlier European Classical Greek Antique Athena

Materials

22k Gold

Hadrian - Club - Coin from Cappadocia
Located in Chicago, IL
coins of Athens were "owls" (but in Greek of course) and "girls" (referring to Athena on the obverse
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Athena

Materials

14k Gold

Large 19th Century Georgian 14K Yellow Gold Onyx Intaglio Medusa Signet Ring
Located in New York, NY
Polydectes, to free his mother from a forced marriage. He then presented the Gorgon's head to Athena who
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Athena

Materials

Onyx, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Glazed Ceramic Owl Form Tankard with Pewter Mounts
By Mettlach
Located in Stamford, CT
, the owl was known as a companion to Athena, the goddess of wisdom and warfare — possibly because of
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Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Athena

Materials

Stoneware

19th Century Bronze Faun playing a flute.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
death: in one, he picked up the double oboe that had been abandoned by Athena and played it; in the
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Late 19th Century Antique Athena

Materials

Bronze

French Empire Clock Depicting Apollo God of Music and the Arts
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
a bust of Athena. The base sits on two owl feet at the front and block feet at the back. The
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Athena

Materials

Griotte Marble, Bronze

Antique Minerva Unisex Ring Intaglio Hematite solid 585 / 14K Gold ØUS8 / 6.2 gr
Located in SE
intaglio on natural Hematite stone depicting depicting Greek Athena (Roman Minerva ) or Anat (Canaanite
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Early 20th Century German Empire Antique Athena

Materials

Hematite, 14k Gold

“Love Conquers” French Bronze Sculpture by Felix Sanzel circa 1870
Located in Shippensburg, PA
tying a blindfold around the eyes of Athena, a playful image making a statement that love blinds wisdom
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19th Century French Romantic Antique Athena

Materials

Bronze

Antique Empire Pair Of 18 K Gold Bracelets/Necklace Ancient + Antique Intaglios
Located in Munich, Bavaria
profile, Saracen, 4th/5th century AD 3. oval carnelian striding Athena carrying a lance on her shoulder
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Early 1800s Empire Antique Athena

Materials

Agate, Carnelian, Gold, 18k Gold

Genuine Roman coin 2nd century BC depicting the Goddess Roma silver bracelet
Located in Roma, IT
political and religious ideals, often drawing inspiration from other contemporary goddesses like Athena
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Athena

Materials

Sterling Silver

"Zeus and Gods of Olympus", Art Deco Masterpiece by Schmied for "L Odyssee"
By François-Louis Schmied
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Cronos and Rhea, overseeing a cascading group of powerful gods, including Apollo, Diana, Athena, Mercury
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Athena

Materials

Paint

Small Ancient Roman Medusa Carved Cameo Gold Ring 2nd Century Gem Carving
Located in London, GB
goddess Athena on her breastplate/aegis, as well as by Zeus. A number of referenced examples of similar
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Athena

Materials

Onyx, Gold

Antique Enamel, Rose Cut Diamond 18K Brooch Renaissance Revival, c. 1880.
Located in Aspen, CO
, would suggest that of a deity - a warrior, a huntress - possibly a present day Athena classically
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1880s Victorian Antique Athena

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, Enamel

Magnificent Italian Marble Sculpture of Minerva – A True Masterpiece 200 CM
Located in Madrid, ES
, arts, and warfare, akin to the Greek Athena. Her worship likely introduced from Etruria, became
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1920s Antique Athena

Materials

Marble

Early 20th Century Gallant Scene with Citadel White and Green Marble Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
the head to Athena, who affixed it to his shield. To the displeasure of his departure, the sisters
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Early 20th Century Italian Antique Athena

Materials

Marble

Fan Louis XVI period
Located in ROUEN, FR
Amphitrite, goddess of travel, looking nostalgically at Psyche and Athena seated on either side of a
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18th Century Antique Athena

Materials

Paper, Wood

Large 16th Century Old Master Oil Painting The Judgement of Paris Mythological
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
fairest goddess between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. The women in the painting, with their classical
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16th Century Mannerist Antique Athena

Materials

Oil

Four Engravings from Emblemi di Achille Bocchi" - Etching -1555
Located in Roma, IT
Alessandro Farnese; Alexander presses a ring against Hephaestion's mouth to impose silence on him; Athena
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16th Century Old Masters Antique Athena

Materials

Etching

Art Nouveau Bronze Inkwell with an Owl
Located in Stockholm, SE
, where Athens, noted for art and scholarship, and Athena, Athens' patron goddess and the goddess of
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Early 1900s European Art Nouveau Antique Athena

Materials

Bronze

Edwardian Swiss Enamel Heroic Maiden Cufflinks
Located in Riverdale, NY
Swiss Enamel Heroic Maiden Cufflinks, likely portraying Athena, the goddess of wisdom, reasoning
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Early 1900s Swiss Edwardian Antique Athena

Materials

18k Gold, Enamel

Antique Miniature Choice of Paris Watercolor Pendant Silver Gilt Gold
Located in Munich, Bavaria
beautiful). Paris has to decide which of the three goddesses is the most beautiful, Athena, Aphrodite or
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1780s French Antique Athena

Materials

Gold, Silver

Large Italian 19th Century Console
Located in Hudson, NY
, decorative vines on the legs and sides, and a scene of a goddess (possibly Athena) and two angels bestowing
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Athena

Materials

Burl

French 19th Century Patinated Bronze Statue of Laocoön and His Sons
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Athena that the Trojan horse sent by the Greeks was a trick and that Sinon, the undercover Greek soldier
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19th Century French Antique Athena

Materials

Bronze

Ancient Roman Gold Ring with Minerva Intaglio, 3rd-4th Century AD
Located in London, GB
the Greek goddess Athena.
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Athena

Materials

Gold

Tazza Neo Renaissance Pair of Cups Gilt Bronze Decor Deities of Antiquity 19thC.
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
scene represents a helmeted figure who seems to be Athena standing next to a group of musicians in the
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Mid-19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Athena

Materials

Bronze

Antique Enamel, Rose Cut Diamond 18K Brooch Renaissance Revival, c. 1880.
Located in Aspen, CO
, would suggest that of a deity - a warrior, a huntress - possibly a present day Athena classically
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1880s Victorian Antique Athena

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, Enamel

THE LAOCOON GROUP Bronze SCULPTURE by FONDERIA CHIURAZZI, Italy 1880-1890
By Fonderia Chiurazzi
Located in PARIS, FR
Athena, acting as protector of the Greeks, punished Laocoon for his interference by having him and his
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1880s Italian Neoclassical Antique Athena

Materials

Bronze

French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Mahogany and Marble Buffet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
one adjustable shelf. Above each column are richly chased ormolu mounts of Athena flanked by striking
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Athena

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Ottokar Mascha Folio, plate 8: "Poster for the 1st Vienna Secession Exhibition"
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Palm Beach, FL
lettering and stylized pattern found on Athena’s helmut and shield. OTTOKAR MASCHA (1852-1929
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1910s Vienna Secession Antique Athena

Materials

Lithograph

Commode Médallier After Antoine Gaudreaux
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
crowning of Athena (right side). The magnificent commode is based on a priceless original which was
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Athena

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Early 19th Century Paris Porcelain Urn
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
stylized acanthus designs over and below a large gilt framed oval cameo of Athena on one side and a similar
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1810s French Empire Antique Athena

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of French Louis XVI Style 19th Century Statue Depicting Mars and Minerva
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
with the Greek goddess Athena.
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Athena

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

A Monumental Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Mount Parnassus
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
was a popular theme in Barqoue and Rococo art, often substitutable with Athena’s arrival at Mount
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19th Century German Rococo Antique Athena

Materials

Porcelain

Flight from Troy, 19th Century French Bronze Sculpture
Located in London, GB
statuette of the goddess Athena in his arms. This multi-figural sculpture by Laurent Guiard was first
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19th Century French Antique Athena

Materials

Bronze

Erminia and the Shepherds, a painting by Francesco de Mura (Napoli 1696 - 1782)
By Francesco de Mura
Located in PARIS, FR
statues of Athena with her helmet, but also through the use of bright colors and simple forms, as in the
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1760s Old Masters Antique Athena

Materials

Canvas, Oil

William Hamilton Classical Greek Vase-Painting Engraving
By Pierre Francois Hugues D Hancarville (author)
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Marsyas (with flute) witnessed by Artemis and Athena. Technique : Copper-line engraving with original
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Early 1800s Other Art Style Antique Athena

Materials

Engraving

William Hamilton Classical Greek Vase-Painting Engraving
By Pierre Francois Hugues D Hancarville (author)
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Subject : Ancient Greek vase-painting from depicting a woman and a bust of Athena from a white
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Early 1800s Other Art Style Antique Athena

Materials

Engraving

Pair of 19th Century Italian Baroque Style Mythological Figures Table Lamps
Located in Berlin, DE
quarrel broke out between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite, leading to the judgment of Paris, the "Rape of
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Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Athena

Materials

Metal

Baroque silver Vase with Flowers with a Fruit Tray and a Clock by A. Zuccati
Located in PARIS, FR
to be made of gilded and silvered bronze. The front of the clock is decorated with a statue of Athena
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Antique Athena

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Ormolu and Marble Statues
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
, and strategy. From the second century BC onward, the Romans equated her with the Greek goddess Athena
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Athena

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Duchesse de Richmond French Limoges Enamel Portrait Plaque
Located in London, GB
by Gascar, the Duchess is depicted as the Greek goddess Athena (also known as Minerva in Roman
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19th Century French Antique Athena

Materials

Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

George II Style Giltwood Wolf Console Stamped Lenygon and Co. After William Kent
By Lenygon Co. 1
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
central large gilded draped classical head of Athena. Two carved and gilded S-shaped rear ‘legs’ join the
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Early 20th Century American George II Antique Athena

Materials

Marble

Torquato TASSO, Gerusalemme Liberata
Located in Middletown, NY
portrait of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy with the gods Mars (war) and Pallas (Athena, goddess of
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Early 17th Century Italian Antique Athena

Materials

Leather, Paper

57.5CM GEOFFREY BUTLER COLUMBUS SLX CAMPAGNOLO CHORUS WINTER TRAiNER ROAD BIKE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Campagnolo Athena, Saddle Turbo Matic CONDITION PLEASE READ All these bikes have sat unused for some time
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Early 20th Century Other Antique Athena

Materials

Steel

Rare Renaissance Cabinet Richly Carved
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
left upright, there is a figure of noncombatant Athena wearing a helmet and holding a spear, an arrow
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16th Century French Renaissance Antique Athena

Materials

Walnut

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Pallas Athene" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Palm Beach, FL
new building designed for the purpose in 1898. Prominently displayed there was Klimt’s Pallas Athena
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Antique Athena

Materials

Paper

"Wedding of Tethys and Peleus", Oil on Canvas, School of Madrid, Spain
Located in Madrid, ES
"for the most beautiful", that caused the dispute between Athena, Aphrodite and Hera that led to the
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17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Athena

Materials

Canvas

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