Athena. The statue was found in 1627 in fragments at the Campus Martius, near <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_sopra_Minerva" title="Santa Maria sopra Minerva">Santa Maria sopra Minerva</a>. It probably represented Hygieia but was restored as an <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Athena" class="mw-redirect" title="Athena">Athena</a> by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alessandro_Algardi&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Alessandro Algardi (page does not exist)">Alessandro Algardi</a> to oblige his patron, Cardinal Ludovisi. Original parts (torso, lower body and snake): marble; restored elements (mainly head and aegis): Carrara marble.
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Unknown, restorer: Alessandro Algardi (Italian, 1598–1654)</div>
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jastrow" title="User:Jastrow">Jastrow</a> (2006)