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Ancient Art
Standing figure of Athena
Late 5th century B.C.
Bronze, solid cast
10.8 × 5 × 2.6 cm (4 1/4 × 1 15/16 × 1 in.)
Gift of Ruth Elizabeth White
1988.80.10
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Greek
Period:
Classical
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
H. Cahn, Basel; Ruth Elizabeth White, acquired from the above, 1962, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1988.
Invoice (May 14, 1962) and import documents in curatorial department object file
Bibliography:
Matthew M. McCarty, Ancient Bronzes: A Guide to the Yale Collection (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, Spring 2006), 22–23, ill.
“Acquisitions 1988,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (Spring 1989): 116.
Susan B. Matheson, “Ancient Greek Bronzes at Yale,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2004): 45–57, ill.
Mimi Gardner Gates, “Director’s Report 1988,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (Spring 1989): 116.
Susan B. Matheson, Art for Yale: A History of the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2001), 198, fig. 198.
Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 265, ill.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.