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| Keywords: Greek - Palladion Athena - Walters 54780.jpg This type of statuette is known as the Palladion Athena after a famous statue of the goddess at Troy which according to tradition was stolen by the Greeks when they captured the city in the 13th century BC Images of the Palladion are characterized by flat simply modeled surfaces and a stiff forward-facing pose These figures are meant to depict a powerful early cult image instead of a lively active goddess late 6th century BC Archaic bronze cm 17 3 6 5 4 accession number 54 780 13649 Leon Gruel Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Men and Gods from Ancient Greece Palais des beaux-arts Brussels Belgium Brussels 1982 place of origin Sparta Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Palladium mythology Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
