AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE WARRIOR

CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.

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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE WARRIOR
CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Standing with his weight on his right leg, his left bent at the knee, the heel raised, wearing a short tunic beneath a muscled cuirass, with incised parallel lines defining the hem of the tunic, further armed with greaves and a visored helmet worn high on the head, the helmet with scrolling in relief, once holding a shield in his upraised left arm, the shield strap preserved, the right arm originally lowered, his oval face with a pronounced brow line, the lidded eyes deeply set, the forehead creased, with flame-like locks rising up from the forehead
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Private Collection, Engheim, France, 1960s.

Lot Essay

The style of the face with the pronounced brow and upswept locks clearly recalls the portraiture of Alexander the Great. His image inspired Etruscan artists, who adapted the type for representations of deities and votives. For a bronze likely depicting a Dioskouros, see no. 168 in Ortiz, In Pursuit of the Absolute, Art of the Ancient World. For a bronze votive holding a cup and a pyxis see no. 186 in Haynes, Etruscan Bronzes. For a cuirassed warrior of similar style see no. 185 in Haynes, op. cit.

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