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Roman - Head of a Goddess - Walters 23146

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This head is a fragment of one of the finest existing replicas of Phidias' statue known as the "Hera Borghese." The preeminent sculptor of Athens in the High Classical period, Phidias was also the creator of the famous gold and ivory statue of "Athena Parthenos" and oversaw the elaborate sculptural decoration of the Parthenon, the temple of Athena built on the highest part of the Acropolis at Athens.

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