S13.1 HESTIA "HESTIA GIUSTINIANI"

Museum Collection: Villa Albani, Museo Torlonia, Rome, Italy
Catalogue Number: Rome MT 490
Title: "Hestia Giustiniani"
Class: Free-standing statue 
Material: Marble
Height: 1.93 metres
Context: --
Original / Copy: Roman copy of Greek bronze ca 470 BC
Style: Early Classical
Date: --
Period: Classical

SUMMARY

A mantled goddess, usually identified as Hestia. This image is a photo of a plaster cast of the statue found in the Oxford Ashmolean Museum. The original statue is in the Villa Albani in Rome.

ARTICLES

Hestia

 
 
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