ATTRIBUTED TO BONAVENTURA GENELLI. Athena.

birth September 28, 1798 in Berlin, died November 13, 1868 in Weimar, German painter and graphic artist with Italian ancestors. Brown ink drawing, brown wash, on paper, WZ: large coat of arms, trimmed. Representation of the Greek goddess Athena in the manner of Athene Parthenos, but here the figure does not carry Nike on her hand, but a winged male being, who offers the goddess the laurel wreath. Genelli's drawing reproduces a drawing depicting this scene in the manner of a standing relief of oval form, seated on a pedestal. Sheet dimensions: 19.1 x 14.5 cm.